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Pseudo-charity as a cover for car smuggling: the SBU’s Economic Security Bureau sent the case to court
In the Lviv region, authorities uncovered a scheme for illegally importing cars under the guise of charitable aid. Detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau (BEB) in the Lviv region have forwarded an indictment against the scheme’s organizer to court.
This was reported by BEB Director Oleksandr Tsyvinsky in his Telegram channel.
“Cars entered Ukraine under the pretext of aid for the front but ended up in sale listings. Humanitarian transport must be used as intended,” the BEB Director emphasized.
He also noted that the BEB is working on the mechanism that enables such schemes. Data exchange between the BEB, the State Tax Service, and the Main Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs makes it possible to establish links between operations, detect patterns, and identify similar cases.
The investigation established that the man registered a legal entity using documents with knowingly false information and used it to illegally import vehicles.
The suspect purchased 17 vehicles abroad and brought them into Ukraine under the guise of charitable aid to evade proper customs control. The total value of the vehicles exceeds 2,19 million UAH.
The defendant’s actions have been classified under part 1 of article 201-4 and part 1 of article 205-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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