Detectives of the Territorial Department of the Bureau of Economic Security (BES) in Kyiv region found and seized more than EUR 4.7 million in unaccounted cash as part of a criminal investigation into tax evasion by a group of companies supplying products to the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. This was reported by the BES press service, according to Komersant ukrainskyi
According to the report, the funds were found in the trunk of a car driven by an accountant of one of the companies. The woman could not explain the origin of the money. The attempt to export and conceal this “black” cash was exposed during the investigation. The issue of seizing the seized funds is currently being decided.
The investigation found, according to the BES, that during 2022-2023, the company supplied the Ministry of Defence with products worth UAH 14.5 billion including VAT. At the same time, the company’s officials executed a number of non-commodity transactions for the purchase and supply of food with controlled companies that had signs of fictitiousness. This allowed them to evade taxes on a particularly large scale, causing significant losses to the state budget.
The BES detectives also conducted searches at the companies’ premises and residences of the suspects, where they seized documents and draft accounting records. Representatives of the company claimed pressure from the BES. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
