Shadow cashier of Kiev customs Following the arrest of the smuggler Alperin Ukraine was stirred by another sensational news. On January 30, the SBU and the Military Prosecutor's Office conducted joint searches at the Kiev customs office and detained the first deputy head Yuri Kovalenko. On February 7, the Pechersk District Court arrested a detained official with the right to pledge UAH 3 million. The reason for the searches was the detention of another person involved in the criminal scheme. In one of the capital's cafes, when taking bribes from the director of Vindale LLC Alexander Ivashin, law enforcement officers handcuffed Konstantin Koloshin, an accomplice of Kovalenko.

As it became known from an informed source in GFSU, the next applicant for the detention in the SIZO is likely to be the head of the Moscow trade gate Sergei Tupalsky. After all, he, according to the source, received from Kovalenko illegal profits collected from importers.

"The scheme of collecting money from importers was before the banality is simple. Received money from the subjects Koloshin transferred Kovalenko, and he in turn brought Tupal, "- said our interlocutor from GFSU.

He also said that Yuri Kovalenko is considered a shadow "cashier" organized by the Tupal criminal grouping.

"Kovalenko supervised the most tasty directions of the Kiev customs - the Administration of Customs Payments Administration and the Office of Customs Control Organization. He was the closest to Tupal, he enjoyed unlimited confidence, deserved for many years of teamwork, and it was him who had the responsibility of forcing entrepreneurs to pay bribes. If the latter refused to create artificial problems with the design of the goods, as a result of which the containers were idle for weeks, the cost of customs clearance was artificially overstated, other troubles were organized. As a result, entrepreneurs incurred huge losses and ultimately agreed to pay, "the source in the Federal State Statistics Service.

"I could no longer satisfy the growing appetites of Kovalenko" We managed to contact and talk with the owner of Vinddale LLC (USREP 41076720), Alexander Ivashina. The importer accurately confirmed the situation, voiced by our source in the GFSU, adding to the general picture the details of corruption lawlessness.

"In addition to official payments, Kovalenko extorted bribes from all" white "importers. Initially, the fee was $ 400 per container. Then - $ 600. For the first time I refused to pay in September 2017. As a result, my cargo (declaration UA125110 / 2017/409459) stood at customs for two weeks - from 2 to 16 September. Then, when the fee was raised to $ 600, I again refused to pay. The problems did not take long to wait. The cargo (declaration UA100210 / 2017/805449) stayed at customs from October 20 to November 3, 2017. I again had to give the required bribe, because under the threat of disruption was a contract, there were losses from idle transport, terminal fees. But when in December 2017, Kovalenko demanded payment for a quick and trouble-free customs clearance of $ 750 from the container, my patience broke and I applied for protection in the SBU. In communication with me, Kovalenko did not hide the fact that the money was intended for the head of the Kiev customs of Sergei Tupalsky. And even reported to me that bribes were transferred to the final addressee, "Ivashin said..

For the sake of verifying the facts set forth by the entrepreneur, we asked the source in the GFSU to provide official data on the clearance of Vindale LLC's products from September 2017 to January 2018. The information obtained corresponds exactly to the history of entrepreneur Ivashina. In the table below, it is clear that when the owner of Vindeil paid Kovalenko, and when he refused.

Stocking popcorn The main intrigue of today is what testimony will be given during the interrogations Kovalenko and will the investigators surrender their chief Tupalsky. But, the fact that under the head of the Kiev customs, not only the chair swayed, but the ground began to burn under your feet - a fact.

At least this can be judged from rumors about the alleged dismissal of Tupalsky from the Kiev customs and transfer to a senior position in the central office of the Federal State Financial Service. And although our source in the department denied this information, it is unlikely that the investigators will believe that the head of the customs did not know what his deputy is doing. Well, if Kovalenko acknowledges the fact that Tupalsky participated in corruption schemes, there will be nothing to talk about at all. More precisely, it is necessary to talk about everything and it is desirable to be sincere.

Source: & nbsp bagnet. org.