Today, September 6, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv granted the prosecutor's request and chose a preventive measure for the former tax official, suspected of organizing a conversion center, namely detention with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of 119 million hryvnias.

It should be noted that the aforementioned former high-ranking official of the tax service and his accomplices have been notified of suspicion of intentional tax evasion and legalization of money obtained through criminal means. Within the framework of this proceeding, three more individuals who were involved in the scheme he developed have also been notified of suspicion.

They organized the operation of the conversion center, through which enterprises evaded tax payments. For this purpose, 14 fictitious importing companies and about 80 "transit" companies were created. The total amount of transactions conducted from 2023 to 2025 exceeds 1.5 billion hryvnias.

The duration of the preventive measures is until November 4, 2025.

Their actions have been qualified under Part 3 of Article 212 and Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The pre-trial investigation, under the procedural guidance of the Pechersk District Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv, is being conducted by investigators of the Pechersk Police Department of the National Police in Kyiv, together with the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, with the assistance of the State Tax Service of Ukraine and the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine.

Note: According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a court verdict.