Who really "runs" the Kyiv Main Department of the State Tax Service: Bahmet, Nizenko nicknamed "Ninja," Lahutina and multimillion schemes

Who really "runs" the Kyiv Main Department of the State Tax Service: Bahmet, Nizenko nicknamed "Ninja," Lahutina and multimillion schemes

In name it’s Nonna Bahmet, but there is also the Ninja clan (Oleh Vasylovych Nizenko, former head of the Kyiv State Tax Service 2008-2010, deputy head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine 2010-2011) — one of his appointees, Zlata Lahutina, oversees audits, and also his man Mykola Ilyashenko (also known as “St. Nicholas”), who closes issues with law enforcement agencies and oversees a bit of everything, including VAT refunds.

There’s an interesting situation in the audit department: the Director of the Audit Department Yakushko I.V. was 100% a protégé of Liudmyla Demchenko, but in the course of events she suddenly changed sides and, asking Zlata for forgiveness—saying she’d been foolish, had slipped up, etc.—started working with Zlata...

The audit department consists of 7-8 directorates, among which clearly stand out such as: 1. The “cashiers” (written about earlier) are the daily “live coin” from: extortion at shops and restaurants in Kyiv + resolving issues for management, such as delivering lunches to the second reception (Ilyashenko), and for Zlata with Yakushko, exchanging currency from hryvnia bribes, flowers and other small items...

2. The Kaherska directorate (previous director Yakushko) and the Kravchuk directorate (close to Zlata and having some family relation to the Ninja) are the “planners” — they carry out scheduled audits. These are considered elite units because constant extortion takes place there. The average fee per audit is 10 000 $ in hand and 300 000 - 350 000 UAH to the budget.

3. There are other directorates that help the women maintain good financial flows: the Mikhonik, Aleskerova, Korol, Verba directorates and the inept Bilokorenko.

Author: Mykola Dovhyi