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The Bureau of Economic Security (BEB), under the procedural supervision of the Office of the Prosecutor General, uncovered a "conversion center" through which about 500 million UAH passed each month; during 50 searches, cash in the millions was seized.
This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General and BEB Director Oleksandr Tsyvinskyi.
"Under the procedural supervision of prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, BEB detectives exposed a 'conversion center' through which about 500 million UAH passed each month.
The total volume of financial transactions amounted to 23,5 billion UAH, and the preliminarily established amount of tax evasion is about 3 billion UAH.
During 50 searches, cash in the millions was seized. Participants in the scheme have been notified of suspicion."
Tsyvinskyi reported that, under the procedural supervision of the OPG, BEB carried out a large-scale special operation and conducted 50 searches in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa.
The uncovering of the extensive network of conversion centers was carried out in partnership with the State Border Guard Service and the Cyberpolice.
Both Tsyvinskyi and the Office of the Prosecutor General promised to provide details of the operation on Monday, 21 September.
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