The Security Service of Ukraine, together with the Bureau of Economic Security and the Office of the Prosecutor General, reported a suspicion to one of the top managers of the Poltava mining and processing plant, which is part of the Ferrexpo group of companies and owned by Ukrainian oligarch Konstantin Zhevago, who is being extradited from France.

According to the SBU statement, due to the actions of the head of the plant, the enterprise evaded paying rent payments to the state budget for the use of the subsoil of the iron ore deposit in the amount of about 2 billion. hryvnia.

According to the investigation, the official during 2018-2021 entered false information into the official documents of the enterprise. This resulted in significant losses to the state..

Criminal proceedings opened under the articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on tax evasion and forgery.

“The conclusions of the comprehensive examinations conducted during the pre-trial investigation confirmed the amount of damage to the state budget in 2 billion. hryvnia,"

Now the issue of choosing a measure of restraint for the suspect is being decided, and the investigation continues to identify all persons who may be involved in the commission of the offense.

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Recall, on December 27, 2022, at the request of the Office of the Prosecutor General in France, the former MP of Ukraine Konstantin Zhevago was detained. The Office of the Prosecutor General together with the State Bureau of Investigation sent a request for his extradition to Ukraine. On January 5, a French court ruled that Zhevago was placed under supervision with a bail of 1 million. Euro.

The businessman is suspected of organizing the appropriation of property to the Finance and Credit Bank and the subsequent legalization of illegally obtained funds on an especially large scale.. We are talking about 113 million. US dollars. The businessman himself denies his guilt. He also appears in the case of non-payment of taxes for almost UAH 100 million..

In November, by decision of the National Security and Defense Council in Ukraine, PrJSC AvtoKrAZ, which was part of the Finance and Credit group of oligarch Konstantin Zhevago, was nationalized.