The Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office is conducting procedural oversight in a case regarding the intentional evasion of tax payments in particularly large amounts (Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). 

The investigation has established that the head of a company engaged in wholesale trade of agricultural products intentionally evaded paying income tax.

The company's director did not report in the tax returns for the three quarters of 2025 the income received from the sale of 7,670 tons of soybeans. The products were intended for export to Romania and Turkey.

The actual amount of products sold and the company's income were several times greater than those officially declared in the tax reports. Accordingly, the amount of taxes and other mandatory payments that should have been paid was higher.

As a result of such unlawful actions, 14 million 500 thousand UAH in taxes did not reach the state budget.

Law enforcement officers conducted searches at the locations where batches of agricultural products prepared for export were stored. Unaccounted products and financial and economic documentation with evidential significance were seized.

Currently, the amount of taxes unpaid by the company has been fully reimbursed to the state.

The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings is being conducted by the Territorial Administration of the Bureau of Economic Security in the Odesa region.

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 guilty verdict of the court.