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At the request of lawyers from the Push project (Bihus.Info), the National Police is investigating a case regarding the alleged counterfeit excise stamps by the officials of United Tobacco LLC.
This is stated in the response from the Investigative Department of the Main Police Directorate in Dnipropetrovsk region to the lawyers of Push. The proceedings were opened under article 199 part 2, which provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for five to ten years with confiscation of property.
Recall that earlier the fact of possible use of counterfeit excise stamps by United Tobacco was established by journalists of the program Schemes in the investigation “Tobacco Front.”
The United Tobacco cigarette factory, which started operations in Zhovti Vody in Dnipropetrovsk region in 2017, produces cigarettes with allegedly counterfeit excise stamps. It is connected with a member of the Verkhovna Rada from the Narodnyi Front Oleg Kryshynyn and indirectly, through brothers Ruslan and Mykola Zhuryly, with former member of this political force Mykola Martynenko.
Meanwhile, journalists from the Our Money with Denis Bihus project established that the ex-wife of judge Artur Yemelyanov, with whom he maintains a relationship, is also investing money in this tobacco business.
Additionally, at the request of Push lawyers, the tax authorities are also investigating possible tax evasion by United Tobacco LLC.
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