BEB detectives seized more than €4.7 million in black cash from a food supplier to the Ministry of Defense
As part of an investigation into criminal proceedings for tax evasion by a group of companies supplying products to the Ministry of Defense, detectives from the Territorial Directorate of the Bureau of Economic Security in the Kyiv region discovered and seized more than 4.7 million euros in unaccounted cash.
The funds were transported by the company's accountant in the trunk of a car. The woman could not explain the origin of the money.
Detectives exposed the attempt to remove and hide the “black” cash register during investigative activities. The issue of seizing the seized funds is being decided.
Previously, it was established that during 2022-2023 alone, the company supplied products worth UAH 14.5 billion including VAT to the Ministry of Defense.
At the same time, its officials documented a number of non-commodity transactions for the purchase and supply of food products with controlled enterprises that had signs of fictitiousness.
In this way, and by substituting the nomenclature and inflating the cost of goods, they unreasonably generated expenses for the VAT tax credit. This made it possible to evade paying taxes on a particularly large scale. Losses caused to the budget are confirmed by the corresponding conclusion of analytical materials generated by BEB specialists.
Detectives from the Bureau of Economic Security conducted searches at the premises of the group of companies and at the place of residence of the defendants. Documents and rough accounting records were confiscated.
Despite the fact that the searches were carried out in compliance with all norms of current legislation and in no way interfered with the legitimate activities of the enterprise, its representatives stated alleged pressure from the BEB.
Now there is a pre-trial investigation under Part 3 of Art. 212 and part 2 of article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine continues. Operational support is provided by detectives of the strategic protection of the economy of the Territorial Directorate of the Economic Security Bureau in the Kyiv region. Procedural leadership - prosecutors of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
This black cache trunk is a photo from the search and seizure of the money.
BEB conducted searches at the Mit Prom company from the orbit of that same Tatyana Glinyana, who had been sitting on the food streams of the Ministry of Defense for many years.
It was her company “Active Company” that agreed with Reznikov’s ministry for 17 eggs.
And when the matter became public, that company was merged, and instead of it, a new legal entity, Mit Prom, came out to supply products for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
There was no doubt that this was Glinyanaya’s front company, because it provided food supply services by renting warehouses from the Glyyanaya family.
They were preparing to export a bunch of black cash to Croatia, where Glinyanaya had set up hotels for herself and was already leading a resort life, and was developing a newer business - hotels for holidays on the seashore. Therefore, it is clear why the money is in euros.
Today's cash seizure is not the end of corruption in the Department of Defense. In Ukraine, confiscated money is very often returned to the owners after “sport fishing”. Or it is confiscated in exchange for loss of interest in the corrupt officials themselves.
The main beneficiaries of this corruption scheme are Rustem Umerov and Arsen Zhumadilov.
We remind readers that so far no one has denied the information about the Russian citizenship of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov.
The wife of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Leilya Umerova, has been living in the United States with three children since 2019.
The family of Arsen Zhumadilov, who in Umerov’s team runs the Agency that deals with procurement for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, conducts business in Crimea under Russian law, paying taxes to the Russian treasury.
Arsen Zhumadilov’s wife also received a Russian passport in 2021, when her husband already held a government position in Ukraine - he was the general director of the Medical Procurement State Enterprise.
It was Arsen Zhumadilov who lobbied for the conclusion of agreements with Mitprom Glinyana.
