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The State Bureau of Investigation detained two heads of the Sumy region tax office.
SBI officers detained two heads of a division of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Sumy region who, according to the investigation, extorted 80 thousand hryvnias from an entrepreneur.
During a tax audit, the officials told the entrepreneur, who was engaged in retail food trade, that for the violations found he faced a fine of 2,5 million hryvnias.
At the same time they offered to reduce the fine to 70 thousand hryvnias, but demanded 80 thousand hryvnias for that “service.”
The handover of the money was documented in two stages. First the tax officers received 30 thousand hryvnias. While receiving the second installment — 50 thousand hryvnias — SBI officers detained both officials.
Searches were carried out in the tax office’s work premises, at the suspects’ places of residence and in their cars. Money, documents, and other items that may be evidence in the criminal proceedings were seized.
