Misappropriation of 40 billion: the chief accountant of “Ukrtatnafta” was suspected
The chief accountant of “Ukrtatnafta” (Kremenchuk oil refinery) was suspected in the case of possible embezzlement of UAH 40 billion by the ex-management of “Ukrnafta” and “Ukrtatnafta”.
She reported about it press service Bureau of Economic Security, Security services of Ukraine.
As noted in the BEB, the suspect was hiding in the Uzhgorod district of Transcarpathia, where she was found by SBU employees.
The investigation believes that “Ukrtatnafta” produced and sold fuel through the gas station network without paying excise taxes, although such a tax was included in the price for consumers. The excise tax arrears for this episode amounts to UAH 605 million.
“According to the investigation, such criminal activity was carried out in the interests of the actual owners and beneficiaries of the companies,” the BEB noted.
This is a case being investigated by the State Security Service and the Security Service of Ukraine regarding the embezzlement of UAH 40 billion by the ex-management of Ukrnafta and Ukrtatnafta, which were transferred to the state in November last year. Earlier, the notification of suspicion was received by the acting the first deputy chairman of the board of “Ukrtatnafta” company.
The owners of “Ukrtatnafta” are Ihor Kolomoiskyi and Gennadiy Bogolyubov, who own about 60%. The rest of the company’s shares belong to Naftogaz NJSC. The key asset of Ukrtatnafta is the Kremenchug Oil Refinery, which was disabled by Russian missile fire in May.
As part of the criminal proceedings, 10 episodes are documented regarding the transfer of large batches of petroleum products to affiliated companies, tax evasion, creation of bad debts of factories, which led to depreciation and reduction of the value of their assets.
Pretrial investigation in criminal proceedings based on Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional evasion of payment of VAT, customs duties, which led to the non-payment of funds to the budget in particularly large amounts) is carried out by the detectives of the Criminal Investigation Department under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
We remind you:
Security Service of Ukraine exposed large-scale embezzlement schemes of 40 billion hryvnias by the former management of PJSC “Ukrnafta” and PJSC “Ukrtatnafta”.
