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Mitrokhin’s company uncovered for tax evasion
A court in Zaporizhzhia released the director and co-founder of Yugstal LLC, a contractor for the Ministry of Defense, from criminal liability for evading taxes totaling nearly 19,7 million UAH.
In total, the court released five suspects from criminal liability in case No. 72026000300000001 dated 23 June 2026. Basis — part 4 of art. 212 of the Criminal Code: the suspects paid their tax liabilities and compensated the state for damages.
The case concerned Yugstal LLC (EDRPOU 37941143, formerly Trade Land LLC, Zaporizhzhia).
Who received the suspicions?
🔸Andriy Markovych Zaika — co-founder and ultimate beneficial owner of 50% of the charter capital (11 million UAH). He joined the company in August 2013. According to investigators, he was one of the organizers of the scheme (part 3 of art. 27 + part 3 of art. 212 of the Criminal Code).
🔸Valentyn Anatoliyovych Subbota — company director since 17 August 2022 (appointed by minutes of the general meeting No. 45 dated 03.08.2022). He signed financial and business documents and VAT and profit tax returns for the period from September 2022.
🔸Management representatives Koyar Darya Vasylivna, Yatsuk Viktoriya Viktorivna, and Lepina Yevheniia Vadymivna — signed tax returns at various times (2020–2021 and later) and, according to the prosecution, participated in recording non-goods (fictitious) transactions in the reports.
According to the case materials, in 2020–2025 the group organized the deliberate evasion by Yugstal LLC of VAT and profit tax.
To do this, they documented non-goods (fictitious) transactions for the purchase and sale of rolled metal and other inventories with a number of counterparties (including Bayda 2015 LLC, D-IX Steel LLC, NVF Dniproproekt LLC, Zalizny Rukh LLC, Capital Group Steel LLC, AV-Prom LLC, etc.).
Tax invoices and primary documents were used only to create the appearance of business transactions, form VAT tax credit, and reduce the tax base. Coordination took place, in particular, through Telegram groups. Searches in January 2025 were carried out both at Yugstal’s offices and production facilities in Zaporizhzhia and at premises related to Mik LLC (Zakarpattia, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi regions, Kharkiv, etc.).
The motion to be released from punishment was filed by the prosecutor of the specialized defense prosecution of the Office of the Prosecutor General. According to the case materials, as a result of the non-goods transactions, taxes totaling 19,66 million UAH were not paid into the state budget: corporate income tax — 9,68 million and VAT — 9,98 million UAH. Additionally, the state suffered damage in the form of financial sanctions for late tax payment in the amount of 4,74 million UAH. It was precisely after payment of these amounts and the compensation of damages that the prosecutor initiated the release from criminal liability, which the court supported.
The court released all five suspects from criminal liability on the basis of part 4 of art. 212 of the Criminal Code. At the same time, arrests on corporate rights in Yugstal, real estate, the suspects’ vehicles, as well as on documents, equipment and product samples seized during the searches (including seals and materials related to Mik LLC) were lifted.
📌 Recall that businessman Oleh Mitrokhin is the founder and beneficiary of MIK LLC (EDRPOU 30105738, about 90% share) — one of the largest suppliers of clothing and gear for the Ministry of Defense. According to YouControl, in just the last three years MIK received state contracts worth over 6,8 billion UAH.
Yugstal LLC, where Mitrokhin owns 50%, over its existence has concluded more than a thousand contracts with the state totaling more than 3 billion UAH (manufacture of metal tanks and reservoirs). In publications, both companies are mentioned as part of the same group.
Previously the Antimonopoly Committee fined MIK and a related company for collusion in tenders of the State Logistics Operator. Criminal proceedings related to taxes were also mentioned, which were later closed after payment of obligations.
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