New suspects have appeared in the case of demanding a bribe in the amount of 55,000 dollars from an enterprise in the Kharkiv region. Last week, the head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in the Kharkiv region, as well as the employee of the department and the entrepreneur were informed about the suspicion.
In particular, the head of the Main Department is charged with an act, the subject of which was an unlawful benefit in a particularly large amount, or which was committed by an official who occupies a particularly responsible position (Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code). The employee of the tax department and the entrepreneur who paid the bribe are suspected under Part 5 of Article 27 and Part 3 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
“According to the investigation, in the winter of this year the head of the tax department incited a representative of a private company to give 55,000 USD for the exclusion of his company from the list of payers who meet the risk criteria. The funds, in particular, were assigned to the head of one of the departments of the Department of Internal Affairs and Communications in the Kharkiv region , the tax official, as well as her subordinate and a local businessman, who participated in the transfer of the bribe,” – reported in National Anti-Corruption Bureau.
The tax authorities were informed about the suspicion in this procedure on February 15.
In addition, in the period from January to February of the current year, the representative of the tax service expressed a request to give her an illegal benefit in the amount of 150 thousand dollars. For this money, the suspect planned to commit illegal actions in the interests of a number of companies. It is about checking the correctness of calculation, completeness and timeliness of payment of taxes and fees.
Currently, NABU and SAP are establishing the involvement of other persons in the case.
