Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) informed about the suspicion of a former People’s Deputy of Ukraine, who held this position for several convocations, in the case of tax evasion. By data investigation, during 2011-2018, the former politician received income abroad in the amount of more than 387 million hryvnias, but did not pay personal income taxes and military service. The total amount of unpaid taxes is 71.4 million hryvnias.
This case concerns a people’s deputy who was elected to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the I, III–VII convocations. In the past, he held high positions, in particular, he was the deputy head of the “Party of Regions” faction and headed the Kyiv City State Administration (KMDA).
SBI investigators established that non-payment of taxes on his part led to the actual loss of a significant amount of funds for the state budget of Ukraine, which qualifies as particularly large tax evasion. Criminal liability is provided for this under Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of this article provides for punishment in the form of deprivation of liberty for a term of up to three years with confiscation of property. Procedural management in this case is carried out by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
