Detectives of the BES have served a notice of suspicion to the trustee of the well-known blogger Oleksandr Slobozhenko of facilitating tax evasion in excess of UAH 200 million. UNN reports this with reference to the BES press service
The BES does not name the blogger, but the description makes it clear that it is the case of 25-year-old dollar millionaire Oleksandr Slobozhenko.
Reportedly, the issue of choosing a measure of restraint for the blogger's trustee is currently being decided.
The investigation established that the suspect helped the blogger to receive illegal income from his work on the Internet. The blogger's company arbitrated Internet traffic (affiliate marketing) - advertising on the Internet and social networks of goods and services of third parties mainly from the gambling industry (online casino and gambling market), dating (online dating services), betting (online betting market, bookmaking organizations), nutra (online market for health and beauty products), etc.
In order to conceal income and evade taxes and fees, the company was not registered as a legal entity and was not registered as a taxpayer with the State Tax Service of Ukraine, and no employment contracts were concluded with employees
The company's CEO introduced a mechanism for generating his own income, including from the provision of services, by transferring funds into cryptocurrency using payment systems and electronic wallets registered for him and his trustees, with their subsequent exchange for cash received at currency exchange offices.
The suspect's proxies registered cryptocurrency wallets using their personal data and documents to which they received cryptocurrency for traffic arbitrage services provided by the company. The virtual assets were transferred to the electronic wallets of the company's CEO and exchanged for US dollars.
"Thus, the head of the company, with the assistance of the trustees, received income that was equivalent to more than UAH 1 billion at the official NBU exchange rate at the time. They were not reflected in the declarations of property and income for 2020-2023, and no taxes were paid on them. This led to the actual non-receipt of more than UAH 213 million in taxes to the state budget," the BES said
Subsequently, the funds were legalized through the purchase of a number of real estate objects and luxury vehicles.
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The BES detectives served a notice of suspicion to the company's CEO's trustee of committing a criminal offense under Part 5 of Art. 27, Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
At present, in order to ensure that the suspect fulfills his duties, a motion has been filed with the court to impose a preventive measure in the form of bail in the amount of UAH 213 million.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office are in charge of the proceedings.