Kremenchuzhans sold through the shops second hands 336 tons of humanitarian aid. The criminal scheme was exposed by tax officers of Poltava region within the framework of Operation Rubezh-2017. This was reported by the first deputy head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine Sergei Bilan.

"During the operation" Rubezh-2017 "and investigation of criminal proceedings opened on h. 3 items. 212 (evasion from payment of taxes, fees (mandatory payments) of the Criminal Code, a group of persons who submitted knowingly false information to the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine and the customs authorities of the DFS on the recognition of imported goods as humanitarian aid was established and, accordingly, on the basis of forged documents, carried out customs clearance At zero rate.

Attackers registered a non-profit organization in Kremenchug, imported humanitarian aid to the territory of Ukraine, which, in accordance with the Customs Code, is exempted from paying a fee. In total, 38 declarations on the import of second-hand clothes and other goods from non-resident charitable organizations from Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland and Germany with a total weight of more than 336,000 kilograms. The cost of one kilogram of goods is about 1.5 US dollars. The beneficiaries of humanitarian aid were the religious and public organizations of Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and other regions, as well as medical institutions and the Department of Labor and Social Protection of one of the village soviets.

In fact, after customs clearance of goods as humanitarian aid at zero rate, they were sold for cash to representatives of retail chains selling second-hand, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Kirovograd regions at a price of 2 to 4 US dollars per kilogram, without corresponding reflection in the accounting And tax accounting.

Thus, the organizers of the illegal scheme evaded paying taxes in the amount of 3.5 million UAH. Identified the identity of entrepreneurs who purchased illegally imported goods.

As a result of the conducted ten searches, 20 000 UAH, 9.6 thousand US dollars, 845 EUR, 22.5 tonnes of second-hand goods and coffee, computer equipment, as well as documents evidencing unlawful activities were found and seized..

Investigation of criminal proceedings continues, "Bilan wrote in Facebook.

Сергій Білан.