Prosecutors reported suspicion of abuse of official position to ex-high-ranking official of the SFS Yevhenii Bambizov
Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office informed about the suspicion of a former high-ranking official of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine in abuse of office. As a result of his actions, the state budget suffered losses in the amount of over UAH 108 million in the form of fines, which were charged by the company due to untimely reimbursement of value added tax.
According to information LIGA.net, it is about the former deputy head of the State Fiscal Service Yevhen Bambizov.
The investigation established that, while holding a managerial position in the Central Office for the Service of Large Taxpayers of the Federal Tax Service, the suspect instructed his subordinates to prepare a letter to the Main Department of the State Treasury Service in Kyiv. The document referred to the need to leave without implementation and return the conclusions regarding the VAT refund to one of the private enterprises.
Officially, the reason for such actions was the need for additional checks, but the official understood that the company had legal grounds for receiving compensation. At the same time, the Central Office did not carry out any checks after the conclusions were withdrawn.
Because of this, the company did not receive a timely refund of VAT on tax declarations for February, March and April 2015. As a result, she turned to the court, which obliged her to compensate the penalty for the period from May 2015 to March 2021 in the amount of almost UAH 108 million.
The actions of the official are qualified under Part 2 of Art. 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine as abuse of official position, i.e. deliberate use of power or official position contrary to the interests of the service in order to obtain an unlawful benefit. The investigation is being carried out by the investigators of the National Police Directorate in Kyiv under the procedural guidance of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office with operational support from the SBU in the capital and Kyiv region.
Previously, the prosecutors of the Pechersk District Prosecutor’s Office had already informed the same ex-official of the Federal Tax Service about the suspicion of organizing the operation of a conversion center through which companies evaded paying taxes. The total amount of transactions in 2023–2025 exceeded UAH 1.5 billion.
On September 6, 2025, the court chose a preventive measure for the suspect in the form of detention with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of UAH 119 million. He is currently in custody, bail has not been paid.
