Under the procedural guidance of prosecutors from the Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, three participants of an organized group have been exposed and notified of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 28 and Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - evasion of tax payments in particularly large amounts, committed as part of an organized group.

It has been established that the owner of an agricultural firm, together with the accountant and the manager of the enterprise, set up a scheme to legalize illegally obtained agricultural products.

Grain was purchased in cash without being reflected in accounting records and tax reporting. After that, the products were exported through controlled foreign companies and fictitious enterprises, without returning the foreign currency earnings to Ukraine. The total amount of received funds is 636.9 million UAH. Of this, the participants of the scheme did not pay over 114.6 million UAH in taxes.

As a result of searches, mobile phones, computer equipment, company seals, and 30,000 US dollars in cash were seized from the suspects.

The court set bail for the organizer of the group at 7.57 million UAH, for one of the participants at 242,000 UAH, and for another participant - a personal obligation. The property of the suspects has been seized for a total amount of 21.5 million UAH, including six apartments, three cars, a land plot, and seized funds.

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.