Director of Odesa-based company to stand trial for unified social tax evasion

In Odesa, a pre-trial investigation into the case of a company manager who evaded paying a single social contribution for nine months in 2024 has been completed.

This was reported by the Territorial Department of the Bureau of Economic Security (BES) in Odesa region.

The investigation established that the 63-year-old director of a metalworking machine manufacturing company deliberately failed to transfer UAH 3.5 million of the single contribution to the budget. The evidence collected by the detectives became the basis for serving a notice of suspicion of committing a crime under Part 1 of Art. 212-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - evasion of social contribution and insurance payments.

Nevertheless, during the investigation, the executive fully compensated for the damages and paid a fine of UAH 3.5 million.

The criminal case with the indictment has now been submitted to court. The investigation was conducted by the BES detectives in Odesa region under the supervision of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.

Earlier, Intent wrote that agro traders accuse representatives of the Bureau of Economic Security (BES) of putting pressure and blocking work at enterprises in the port of Odesa.

According to the participants of the event, since December 19, BES detectives, citing alleged tax evasion, have been paralyzing the activities of dozens of companies operating in the port of Odesa. In particular, Attollo Granum, which paid more than UAH 25 million in taxes last year, is suffering daily losses of more than UAH 750 thousand due to the blocking of its operations. Similar problems have arisen at Prista Oil-Ukraine, which employs more than 160 people.

On January 9, the BES announced that it had exposed a group of companies through which US investors' funds were withdrawn for tax evasion during grain transportation.

Андрій Колісніченко