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Well‑known Kyiv money‑lender Ihor Stakovichenko “Stakan,” together with his wife Olena, raided a warehouse in Zaporizhzhia and illegally received VAT reimbursement, causing damage to the state of 66 million hryvnias.
This is reported by the international detective bureau Absolution.
The scheme targeted the joint LLC “Production and Consumer Society ‘Nadiia Ltd.’” How was the transfer of ownership of the warehouse complex on Serhii Senenko (Kremlivska) Street, 73‑b in Zaporizhzhia, carried out?
“Stakan,” by his wife’s power of attorney, recommends to the other founder Kuzmenko O.A. and appoints Khariv Volodymyr Yaroslavovych (a pound from the Lviv region) to the position of director 31 March 2016. In July of the following year the participants forge a minutes of the meeting together with the co‑owner’s signature and a signature with the seal of private notary of the Kyiv City Notarial District Rotach Iryna Ivanivna. Next comes the forgery of Kuzmenko’s signature on the contract for the sale of a share in the authorized capital, which makes the converter the sole owner.
Director Khariv buys out 100% of the share of Nadiia Olha Borysivna in LLC “Smart Scape,” while she remains in the position of director of that company. By protocol, the building with an area of 5762,4 sq. m. that was owned by VST “Nadiia Ltd.” is transferred as an increase of Smart Scape’s capital by 325 million UAH. Then Olha Stakovichenko sells the company to Khariv for 6,15 million hryvnias.
“Smart Scape” showed up in illegal turnovers of tobacco products with the scheme’s total turnover of 6,7 billion UAH with LLC “Unicors” (EDRPOU: 41010559), moreover the tobacco business was connected to Stakovichenko I.S. In general, this scheme is linked to a “screw‑off” company.
At the end of August, “Smart Scape,” represented by director Nadiia, transfers the building as an increase of the authorized capital of LLC “Marles Ltd.” by 325 million UAH. Thus “Smart Scape” becomes the owner of “Marles Ltd.,” where the ultimate beneficiary is Khariv. In April 2018 he becomes the director. In November the building is transferred to LLC “Ist Group Ukraine” to increase its authorized capital by 33,3 million hryvnias. In September 2020 the director of “Ist Group Ukraine,” Viktor Ruslanovych Smolianyk, signs with Kyslova Valeriia Serhiivna a contract for the sale of real estate in favor of LLC “Halychyna Spektr” for 396 million hryvnias.
Proceeding No. 12023082050001169 was opened by the Zaporizhzhia police in the summer of 2023 under part 3 of article 358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. A forensic handwriting examination was conducted, the results of which are set out in the expert opinion of the Zaporizhia NDEKC of the Ministry of Internal Affairs No. SE‑19/108‑23/13190‑PCh dated 30.08.2023, which established that the signatures on behalf of the applicant (Kuzmenko) “were made by another person imitating the signature.”
But 14.02.2024 the case was requisitioned by the Office of the Prosecutor General allegedly to study the status of the pretrial investigation and for unknown reasons, according to the resolution of 02.07.2024 Deputy Prosecutor General Ihor Mustetsia on the basis of part 5 of article 36 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, the conduct of further pretrial investigation was entrusted to investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police. But in reality the investigation was practically suspended. The victim was not informed of the reasons and on what basis the jurisdiction was changed.
Also, the SBI investigators are investigating case No. 62024080100003675 dated 25.04.2024 under part 2 of article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on the basis of the ruling of the Komunarskyi District Court of Zaporizhzhia No. 333/3150/24 dated 08.04.2024 regarding the abuse of official position by employees of the State Tax Service (regarding illegal VAT reimbursement). Funds from the State Budget in the amount of 66 million hryvnias in the form of VAT reimbursement were illegally received on 18 and 24 December 2020 on the account UA813510050000026007879019945 of LLC “Halychyna Spektr” through JSC “UKRSIBBANK” and withdrawn from the account 24.12.2020 as payment to the account of PJSC “ZNVKIF ‘DK‑Investment’” under a contract for the purchase and sale of a share in the authorized capital of LLC “Kraftor.”
“DK‑Investment,” led by Kateryna Svyrydova, during September and October 2020 transferred almost 400 million hryvnias to the account of LLC “Halychyna Spektr” as a contribution to the authorized capital for the purpose of carrying out a fictitious purchase. At the same time the head of LLC “Kraftor” is the same Svyrydova, and the authorized capital is only 250 thousand UAH.
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