Organized criminal group headed by Hetmantsev. Former head of Khmelnytsky region tax office tells who really runs the State Tax Service
Kyiv • UNN
Former head of the Khmelnytsky region tax office Iryna Zlenko said that there is no legal vertical in the State Tax Service. According to her, the service is run by Hetmantsev's organized group through a system of “lookouts” in the regions.
The State Tax Service of Ukraine lacks a management vertical, instead the body is run by "supervisors" of the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy of Ukraine, Danylo Hetmantsev. Iryna Zlenko, the former head of the Khmelnytsky tax office, told UNN in an exclusive interview .
"It's hard for me to even call it a vertical in terms of subordination. There is no such concept at all now. Now there is a vertical of "watchers". What exactly do I mean? In the State Tax Service in Khmelnytsky region, the auditor (inspector who oversees the work of the tax audit department - ed.) Yuriy Chumak conducts hearings of all audits. Another auditor, Serhiy Zabashta, who was appointed head of the Khmelnytsky Oblast Tax Service by the acting head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, Tetiana Kiriyenko, by a forged order (all evidence was handed over to law enforcement agencies), spent almost 6 months working in the office of the head, who has a government special connection! And no one knew about this among the heads of the State Tax Service of Ukraine?" said Iryna Zlenko, commenting on the lack of a vertical of Tetyana Kiriyenko as the head of the tax service and answering the question about who is really in charge of the tax service now.
According to her, the acting head of the State Tax Service, Tetyana Kiriyenko, has repeatedly ignored questions about why unauthorized persons are in the offices of regional tax officials without special permits.
"There was zero reaction! Why? Because no one cares. The main thing is that the "boy" is in the office and controls the process.... And this situation is in almost every region that is "interesting" to Hetmantsev's boys and to him personally," noted Iryna Zlenko.
She added that Hetmantsev controls the entire tax service with the help of his "lookouts".
"I'm convinced that this is an organized criminal group, I'm sorry, I can't call it anything else. This group, by the way, has a very vertical organization and is headed by Danylo Hetmantsev, the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy. And he manages it with the help of his assistants who are members of this gang. There is management there, but it is a criminal organization that is engaged in racketeering. And if we are talking about the Law and the Constitution, then yes, there is no vertical," explained Iryna Zlenko.
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Earlier, experts interviewed by UNN pointed out that the head of the Rada's tax committee, Danylo Hetmantsev, is the supervisor of the tax service. He influences the decisions made by the tax authorities. In particular, Hetmantsev is assisted by Acting Deputy Head of the State Tax Service Yevhen Sokur, who used to be an assistant to the MP.
Recall
Sokur entered probably unreliable data in his 2023 declaration. In particular, he did not list his live-in partner Alina Lebedieva in the document. Following a deputy appeal from Nina Yuzhanina, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, the NACP launched an inspection of Yevhen Sokur. In response to UNN's request, the Agency also confirmed that they are monitoring the official's lifestyle. Kateryna Butko, the head of the Public Council at the NAPC, noted that the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption is checking whether Sokur and his partner Alina lived together.
Recall
A criminal investigation is underway against Sokur for a malfeasance in office. This case was opened by the SBI on November 4, 2022, under Part 3 of Article 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, on the fact of abuse of office by Sokur, who signed an order on October 26, 2022, to revoke Ukrtatnafta's license for fuel production. Such actions of the official, according to the investigation, caused serious consequences for the company and the state in the form of the inability to fulfill the mobilization tasks of the Ministry of Defense for the production and supply of petroleum products for the needs of defense and the state's defense capability. The State Bureau of Investigation informed UNN that this criminal proceeding is still under investigation.
