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The Office of the Prosecutor General and the Bureau of Economic Safety uncovered a sprawling network of currency exchange centers operating across Ukraine. Through the centers, nearly 500 million UAH passed monthly. Based on preliminary estimates, since 2023, 23,5 billion UAH moved through the scheme, and tax evasion may amount to about 3 billion UAH.
Bureau Chief of BESC Oleksandr Tsyvinsky in his Telegram channel revealed details of this large-scale special operation. He noted that law enforcement conducted 50 searches in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa, confiscating thousands of hryvnias of unaccounted cash.
Under the procedural guidance of prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, BESC detectives established that the perpetrators laundered funds, including via cryptocurrency. The uncovering of the currency exchange network was carried out in partnership with the State Border Guard Service and Cyber Police. During 50 searches in three cities, substantial sums of unaccounted cash were seized. All participants in the scheme have already been informed of suspicions, and the police promise to reveal full details of the operation in the near future.
Details of the large-scale operation revealed
According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, the total volume of financial transactions through the shadow structure amounted to 23,5 billion UAH. This is one of the largest cases of uncovering shadow money circulation in recent times, and the previously estimated amount of unpaid taxes is about 3 billion UAH.
The investigation is currently continuing to establish the full circle of those involved in the network’s activities. In line with the presumption of innocence, all suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty by a court.
Earlier, Informator reported that the Office of the Prosecutor General uncovered a scheme that robbed banks of more than 13 million UAH, where criminals registered fictitious private entrepreneurs and laundered stolen money through cryptocurrency and P2P trading. We also wrote that Cyber Police uncovered the organizer of the scam posing as an exchanger Money 24/7, during searches at whom over 20 million UAH in cash were seized in various currencies.
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