A legal action has been commenced
The officers of the operations and investigations sections dealing with financial crimes at the Main Department of the Ukraine’s Ministry of Revenue and Duties in Dnepropetrovsk ceased illegal operation of the bureau de change comprised of 11 fake enterprises registered or bought under fictitious names. A large amount of money that came from a few oblasts in Ukraine was afterwards converted to cash on hand through the subsidiary companies, the press-office of the ministerial department reports.
The criminal group incorporated 10 most proactive members (organizers, accountants and couriers). According to the experts’ preliminary assessments, the turnover of the money converted by the bureau de exchange totalled over 300 million hryvnias what in its turn caused essential government budget’s losses in revenue.
While conducting searches and investigations in the office premises of the grey economy companies, as well as dwellings and private cars of their organizers, there were seized 400 thousand hryvnias in cash, 20 system units, primary accounting documents, 30 seals and stamps of fake companies, 2 cheque books.
The accounts with over 1 million hryvnias on hold of the bureau de change were arrested.
The operations and investigations sections are examining the information about the companies involved in illegitimate practices of the bureau de change so that to bring those guilty to justice.
