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A large-scale conversion center through which shadow settlements in the agricultural sector were carried out was exposed by detectives of the Territorial Office of the State Bureau of Economic Security in the Kyiv region together with Cyberpolice operatives. Dozens of controlled companies were involved in the illegal scheme, and the proceeds were converted into cash and virtual assets.
As a result, it was established that the suspects used a network of more than 60 controlled enterprises with signs of being fictitious. Through these companies they helped real sector businesses conceal income and evade paying taxes.
The scheme operated in the trade of agricultural products. They purchased it from producers for cash, not recording these transactions in accounting and tax records. To later sell the goods in Ukraine or export them, the suspects prepared documents on behalf of controlled companies with false information about the origin, value, and characteristics of the products. Thus, they created a fictitious origin history for the agricultural products, and the proceeds from their sale were diverted into the shadow circulation. This allowed hiding real income and reducing the amounts of taxes payable to the budget.
Part of the proceeds was converted by the scheme participants into virtual assets in an attempt to conceal their origin and avoid financial monitoring.
