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⚠️ Smuggling of excise goods, sanctions evasion, and energy assets: three court rulings on schemes for laundering funds, controlling assets, and illicit gain
▪️ It was established that a citizen of the Republic of Belarus #Гранц Artur, in collusion with officials of the State Tax Service, customs, and law enforcement agencies, and having involved controlled persons and companies, including DUTY FREE TRADING LLC, BF AND TH TRAVEL RETAIL LTD LLC, and KREATIV JSC, created an organized criminal group for the illegal circulation and smuggling of excise goods, tax evasion, and money laundering.
Through a network of duty-free shops, according to the statement, tobacco products and alcohol were effectively routed to illegal retail outlets in Ukraine and abroad. The proceeds were laundered through controlled legal entities and financial transactions. Attention should also be paid to the group’s connection with the bookmaker company #Vbet and LLC “#ВБЕТ Ukraine.”
By ruling No. 757/47152/26-k, the Pechersky District Court of Kyiv obliged authorized officials of the Office of the Prosecutor General to enter the corresponding information into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations (ERDR).
▪️ It was established that #Кріппа Maksym Volodymyrovych, acting in collusion with the heads of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre (Derzhheokadastre), the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), the Antimonopoly Committee, the Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries (KRAIL), PlayCity, Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA), and the State Architectural and Construction Inspectorate, and with the involvement of companies and persons controlled by him, formed an extensive criminal group whose activities were aimed at establishing control over strategic assets, including real estate, media assets, and investment funds.
To implement this scheme, mechanisms were used to circumvent sanctions legislation, conceal the real beneficial owners, re-register assets to controlled structures, and subsequently legalize property previously associated with #Рабінович Vadym Zinoviyovych. As a result, this allowed obtaining de facto control over assets through formally independent legal entities and made it more difficult to establish their true origin and ultimate owners. A separate line of activity involved ensuring the operation of networks of call centers and structures related to the online gambling segment.
By ruling No. 760/25540/26, the Solomianskyi District Court of Kyiv obliged authorized officials of the Main Department of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv and Kyiv region to enter the corresponding information into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations (ERDR).
▪️ It was established that the Minister of Energy of Ukraine #Шмигаль Denys, Member of Parliament #Суркіс Hryhoriy, and Ukrainian oligarch Surkis Ihor, having involved controlled persons and companies, including LVIVOBLENERGO PJSC, PRYKARPATTYAOBLENERGO JSC, and foreign legal entities, created an organized criminal group to establish control over strategic energy assets, conceal the actual beneficiaries, siphon funds, and obtain illegal economic benefits.
Through a network of affiliated companies, formal ownership and de facto corporate control over energy enterprises are ensured, concentration of corporate rights without proper compliance with legal requirements, and distribution of received revenues. Part of the funds was directed to finance the activities of the Football Federation of Ukraine and to conceal actual control over the assets.
By ruling No. 461/7492/26, the Halytskyi District Court of Lviv obliged authorized officials of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office to enter the corresponding information into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations (ERDR).
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