- Former leaders of the Dnipropetrovsk tax office are being prosecuted for organizing multi-million dollar VAT fraud schemes from 2020–2023, causing over UAH 56 million in state losses.
- The scheme involved allowing risky enterprises to avoid paying VAT and creating an “analytical group” to control and facilitate illegal operations.
- Four defendants are charged with creating a criminal organization and abuse of power; their properties have been seized, and they face up to 13 years in prison with confiscation of assets.
- Additional cases: The former deputy mayor of Irpin is suspected of illegally seizing communal property, and a Donetsk military official will be tried for forcing subordinates to cook and sell shawarma, causing over 4 million hryvnias in losses.
Source: unn.ua
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