Bribe of more than €21 million: Nasirov’s case brought to court
2 May 22:47
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have sent to court a case on laundering of part of the illegally obtained funds received by the head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine (SFS) and his entourage in 2015-2016. These funds were received for assistance in VAT refunds to agricultural holding companies. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to NABU.
As you know, in 2015-2016, Roman Nasirov was the head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine.
According to the investigation, between December 2015 and March 2016, a close associate of the SFS head assisted the latter in receiving part of the illegal benefit in the amount of more than EUR 13 million to the accounts of a controlled non-resident company (British Virgin Islands).
In May 2017-April 2018, the said person, who owns a group of construction companies, legalized the entire amount of the bribe and spent it on the purchase of an unfinished residential and office complex with a parking lot in the center of Kyiv. The complex continued to be built and received additional income, in particular in 2022-2023.
The other part of the undue advantage in the amount of EUR 7.9 million, which was on the accounts of another controlled non-resident company (British Virgin Islands), was legalized by the top official’s adviser. he laundered USD 5.5 million by concluding an agency agreement in January 2017. And in April-August 2018, he laundered another EUR 2.8 million as payment under sales contracts.
Measures are being taken to establish the circumstances of legalization of the last part of the illegal benefit in the amount of USD 5.5 million. The investigation is ongoing to identify the last part of the illegal benefit in the amount of USD 5.5 million and the persons involved.
What is known about the Nasirov case
According to the investigation, Roman Nasirov received more than UAH 722 million in bribes, for which he was supposed to ensure VAT refunds of more than UAH 3.2 billion to legal entities controlled by the owner of the agricultural holding. The investigation does not name names, but according to media reports, it is oligarch Oleg Bakhmatyuk, who owns UkrLandFarming.
In addition, in November 2017, Nasirov was served with another indictment. According to the investigation, Nasirov authorized alternate payments of tax debts to the companies of MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko. In doing so, he caused UAH 2 billion in damage to the budget, according to the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.
In May 2024, Nasirov was released on bail in the amount of UAH 55,000,592, and he was released from custody, where he had been held since October 31, 2022.
