Enterprises of Yevhen Pulya were searched in connection with Oleynykov's case — Liubchenko

Enterprises of Yevhen Pulya were searched in connection with Oleynykov's case — Liubchenko

The Telegram channel “Viy” writes: “Here is a clear example of the corruption vertical in Ukraine’s tax service.”

The enterprises that were presented in the ruling published on Yevhen Bambizov’s Telegram channel were already previously published in the media with evidence of belonging to the Bullet group.

It was previously reported that Yevhenii Pulya makes on average about 1 billion UAH in turnover per month through his fictitious enterprises.

According to information available to us, he transfers money from his illegal activities to Russia, to Moscow. With these funds he bought real estate there and is preparing an escape plan.

Let us recall the plot.

"Cash-out operator" Pulya.

In early April President Zelensky imposed sanctions against top-10 smugglers of Ukraine. According to him — this is only the beginning. One can debate whether this is right or not, but it can be stated with certainty — smuggling and other illegal shadow operations have not been stopped.

It is worth noting one of Ukraine's largest converters — Yevhenii Valeriiovych Pulya. His activities cost Ukrainian taxpayers tens of billions of hryvnias annually.

Despite constant changes in the leadership of the State Tax Service and the State Fiscal Service, Pulya continues to engage in illegal activities. The schemes consist of converting non-cash funds to cash, as well as providing officials of enterprises in the real sector of the economy with illegal and unlawful services to minimize tax liabilities. In popular terms these are called conversion centers.

Kyiv has always been a key region involved in such activities. For a long time the main figure in the capital has been Yevhenii Pulya. Pulya was previously called “Groysman's wallet.” When Volodymyr Prodan was head of the SFS — Pulya fully controlled the scheme credit in Kyiv. The situation has not changed now.

Through controlled transit-conversion and fictitious enterprises Pulya provides money conversion services. Documentary cover for non-goods transactions forming illegal tax credit is provided to enterprises of the real sector of the economy. The total turnover of the scheme amounts to over six billion hryvnias. That is exactly how much the budget did not receive due to the activity of Kyiv cash-out operator Pulya. The following enterprises are part of his conversion center:

LLC “Agro-Tech RUPP” EDRPOU code 43709549;

FG “Holoagro Business” EDRPOU code 42829676;

FG “Zoloto Nyvy” EDRPOU code 42829566;

LLC “Euro Sietl” EDRPOU code 43596198;

LLC “Trading House Office — Market XX” EDRPOU code 43596161;

FG “Hlugan M.M.” EDRPOU code 38874361;

LLC “Agrostep Invest” EDRPOU code 43723364;

LLC “Astar Company” EDRPOU code 43747647;

LLC “Profitreid Group” EDRPOU code 43768159;

LLC “Roland Impex” EDRPOU code 43137732.

According to official registers, Yevhenii Pulya is listed as director and owner of 11 companies. The main companies are LLC “FC” “Vap-Capital”, which provides financial services on the market.

Ownership structure of LLC “Mosst”

There is a criminal case in the court register for tax evasion on an especially large scale against LLC “FC” “Vap-Capital”. According to court materials, fiscal authorities, following an inspection, recorded non-taxation of cash receipts in the company's cash desk in the amount of 175 million UAH (2015 year — 11700000 UAH, for 2016 — 141 500 000 UAH, for 2017 — 21800000 UAH).

As noted, LLC “Financial Company “Vap-Capital” used 682 software-technical self-service complexes (PTKS), and cash funds that were received in 2015-2017 yrs. were collected by employees and deposited in the bank. At the same time they were not reflected in the cash books, incoming and outgoing cash orders were not compiled, and, accordingly, were not taxed.

Already in 2020 year it was possible to close the case without recovery in favor of the state. Such a situation is typical for Ukraine, when fiscal bodies lose a court case for a certain percentage of the imposed fine.

Within Yevhen Pulya's business structure there operates a financial company in Kyiv that is not legally registered. However, this does not prevent it from carrying out financial operations to transfer cash or non-cash funds outside Ukraine. The company is called “Bullet,” which in English means “bullet.” Quite creative, isn’t it?

A fairly convenient cover for illegal activity that consists of converting non-cash funds into cash, as well as providing officials of enterprises in the real sector of the economy with illegal and unlawful services to minimize tax liabilities.

It gets even more interesting: the company transports cash across the border bypassing customs declaration. Special attention is paid to transporting cash from Ukraine to Russia and back. They also operate in the occupied territories, namely in Crimea. Although they ‘patriotically’ indicated that Crimea is Ukrainian territory, they probably forgot that activity on territories not controlled by Ukraine is prohibited for Ukrainian citizens.

Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine should call the phone number indicated above and find out for whom Pulya transports cash into and out of Ukraine, bypassing official procedures and evading tax payments.

The court register also contains information that Pulya's company — LLC FC “Vap-Capital” services clients who carry out financial operations and pay taxes on the territory of the terrorist entities “DPR” and “LPR”, contrary to the Resolution of the National Bank of Ukraine Board from 06.08.2014 No. 466 “On the suspension of financial operations”. The Security Service of Ukraine demanded arrest of the account of the company LLC “IT Finance”, however LLC “FC” “Vap-Capital” filed motions to lift the arrest. This indicates direct interest of officials of LLC FC “Vap-Capital”.

It turns out that, in the eighth year of the war, dishonest money-exchanging businessmen like Yevhenii Pulya continue to carry out illegal activities. They cynically transport cash to the aggressor country and to the occupied territories. However, law enforcement agencies are strangely silent. It can be boldly assumed that they cover up such cynical and illegal activity.

P.S. By Yevhen Bambizov’s Telegram channel is meant the Telegram channel “Don Quixote”. A pompous name, it must be noted. We recall it.

Recently, the well-known Telegram channel “Chornyi Mytar” noticed a strange discrepancy between the data provided by the Telegram channel “Don Quixote” and the “list that was provided by deputies regarding VAT roll-ups carried out by the head of the SPS Liubchenko.”

As it turned out, the list provided by the Telegram channel “Don Quixote” is missing a mass of roll-up operators that the MP previously provided.

About 50 enterprises from Kharkiv region disappeared, totaling 445 million hryvnias of “roll-ups.”

As it turned out, these firms “work” with a now-dismissed top official of the SFS who historically has close ties with the Kharkiv regional office.

It is quite likely that this refers to the former head of the Large Taxpayers Office, Yevhen Bambizov, who is a Kharkiv native and began his career in Kharkiv, after which he moved first to Odesa, and then to the chair of head of the Large Taxpayers Office.

There is no need to write about his corrupt achievements, as there is a lot of information about this person in the media. At the time, Nasirov himself helped him move to Kyiv.

It was the ex-head of the SFS who dismissed the head of the Large Taxpayers Office — Bambizov — from the State Fiscal Service in September 2019. And in 19 November 2019 the SBU detained him on suspicion of facilitating legalization of Serhii Kurchenko's income through a scheme for purchasing a Ukrainian media holding (but he was released shortly after).

After his dismissal Bambizov renewed his car fleet and began driving a Mercedes-Benz G-Class 2019 year of manufacture worth 300 thousand euros (Kharkiv plates AX 0050HK).

And, as another Telegram channel “VIY.Ukraine” reported, the activity of the “Don Quixote” channel is aimed at revenge on the top tax official, directed at the ex-head of the tax service.

So all the “puzzles” fit together and the Don Quixote channel may indeed be run by Yevhen Bambizov and his people, and he had every reason to take revenge on the former head of the tax service, after which this channel was created.

It was also reported that the above companies paid the administration of the Don Quixote channel 0,5% of the amount of their illegal income for not disclosing their criminal activity. Only in Kharkiv the amount paid for June exceeded two million hryvnias. Agree, it is very unlikely for a newly created channel to receive such money without patronage from tax officials.

Moreover, Bambizov is trying to return to the structure and historically has good relations with the head of the STS Liubchenko.

The media report

“Journalists also noticed that now Bambizov is trying to smear former Finance Minister Oksana Markarova and former heads of customs and tax — Maksym Nefyodov, in order to distract attention from the theft of 700 million UAH of VAT over 18 days under the aegis of Oleksii Liubchenko.”

Thus, there are all reasons to believe that the Telegram channel Don Quixote is managed by Yevhen Bambizov and his people.

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