Businesses of Yevhen Pulya were searched in connection with the Oleynikov case — Lyubchenko

Businesses of Yevhen Pulya were searched in connection with the Oleynikov case — Lyubchenko

The Telegram channel «Viy» writes: «Here is a vivid example of a corruption vertical in the tax service of Ukraine».

The enterprises that were presented today in the ruling published on the Telegram channel of Yevhen Bambizov had previously been published in the media with evidence of belonging to the Bullet group.

It was reported earlier that Yevhen Pulya makes an average turnover of about 1 billion UAH per month through his fictitious enterprises.

According to information available to us, he transfers money from his illegal actions to Moscow, Russia. He has acquired real estate there and is preparing an escape plan.

Let’s recall the essence of the matter.

"Cash-out operator" Pulya.

In early April, President Zelenskyy enacted sanctions against the top 10 smugglers of Ukraine. According to him, this is just the beginning. There can be much debate over whether this is right or wrong, but one can certainly assert — smuggling and other illegal shadow operations have not been stopped.

It is worth highlighting one of the largest converters in Ukraine — Yevheniy Pulya. His activities cost Ukrainian taxpayers tens of billions of hryvnias annually.

Despite constant changes in the leadership of the State Tax Service and the State Fiscal Service, Pulya continues his illegal activities. The schemes involve converting non-cash funds into cash, as well as providing officials of real sector enterprises with illegal and illicit services to minimize tax obligations. In the vernacular, this is called — conversion centers.

Kyiv has always been a key region involved in such activities. For a long time, Yevheniy Pulya has been the main operator in the capital. Previously, Pulya was nicknamed as «Hroysman’s wallet». When Volodymyr Prodan headed the SFS — Pulya fully controlled the scheme credit for Kyiv. The situation has not changed now.

Through controlled transit-conversion and fictitious enterprises, Pulya provides money conversion services. Documentary cover for non-existent transactions to illegally form tax credits is provided to real sector enterprises. The total scheme turnover amounts to over six billion hryvnias. That’s how much the budget has not received due to the activities of the Kyiv cash-out operator Pulya. His conversion center includes enterprises such as:

LLC «Agro-Tech RUPP» EDRPOU code 43709549;

FG «Goloagro Business» EDRPOU code 42829676;

FG «Zoloto Nyvy» EDRPOU code 42829566;

LLC «Euro Seattle» EDRPOU code 43596198;

LLC «Trading House Office — Market XX» EDRPOU code 43596161;

FG «Glugan M.M.» EDRPOU code 38874361;

LLC «Agrostep Invest» EDRPOU code 43723364;

LLC «Astar company» EDRPOU code 43747647;

LLC «Profitrade group» EDRPOU code 43768159;

LLC «Roland Impex» EDRPOU code 43137732.

According to official registers, Yevheniy Pulya is listed as the director and owner of 11 companies. The main company is LLC «FC» «Vap-Capital», which provides financial services in the market.

Ownership structure of LLC «Mosst»

The judicial register contains a criminal case for tax evasion in particularly large amounts by LLC «FC» «Vap-Capital». According to court materials, the fiscal authorities, as a result of an audit, recorded non-taxation of cash funds in the enterprise’s cash register in the amount of 175 million UAH (2015 — 11,700,000 UAH, for 2016 — 141,500,000 UAH, for 2017 — 21,800,000 UAH).

As noted, LLC «Financial Company «Vap-Capital» used 682 software-technical self-service complexes (PTCS), and the cash funds that were received in 2015-2017 were collected by employees and deposited in the bank. Meanwhile, they were not reflected in cash books, cash receipt orders, and cash payment orders were not drawn up, and, accordingly, they were not taxed.

By 2020, the case was closed without recovery fo`dfXr the benefit of the state. This situation is typical for Ukraine, where fiscal bodies, for a certain percentage of the imposed fine, lose the court case.

In Yevhen Pulya’s business structure there operates a financial company in Kyiv that is not legally registered. However, this does not prevent it from conducting financial transactions to transfer cash or non-cash funds outside of Ukraine. The company is called «Bullet», which in translation from English means «bullet». Quite creative, isn’t it?

Quite a convenient cover for illegal activity, which involves converting non-cash funds into cash, as well as providing officials of real sector enterprises with illegal and illicit services to minimize tax obligations.

Further more interesting, the company transports cash across the border bypassing customs declaration. Particular attention is paid to the transportation of cash from Ukraine to Russia and back. In the occupied territories, namely in Crimea, they also work. Although they «patriotically» stated that Crimea is Ukrainian territory, they probably forgot that activity on territories not controlled by Ukraine is prohibited to Ukrainian citizens.

The staff of the Security Service of Ukraine should call the telephone number mentioned above and find out for whom Pulya transports cash into and out of Ukraine, bypassing the official procedure and evading tax payments.

Also, the judicial register contains information that Pulya’s company — LLC «FC» «Vap-Capital» serves clients conducting financial operations and paying taxes on the territory of terrorist formations «DNR» and «LNR», contrary to the Resolution of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine from 06.08.2014 No. 466 «On the suspension of financial operations». The Security Service of Ukraine demanded that the account of the company LLC «Ai Ti Finance» be seized, but LLC «FC» «Vap-Capital» filed a motion to lift the seizure. This indicates a direct interest of the officials of LLC FC «Vap-Capital».

It turns out to be quite interesting that after eight years of war, unscrupulous businessmen-converters, such as Yevhen Pulya, continue to carry out illegal activities. They cynically transport cash to the aggressor country and the occupied territories. However, law enforcement agencies remain silent for some reason. It can be safely assumed that they cover such cynical and illegal activities.

P.S. The Telegram channel of Yevhen Bambizov refers to the Telegram channel «Don Quixote». Quite a pompous name, one must admit. We recall.

As it turned out, the list provided by the «Don Quixote» Telegram channel was missing a number of tax evaders previously provided by the MP.

About 50 enterprises from the Kharkiv region disappeared, with a total of 445 million hryvnias of «schemes».

As it turned out, these firms «work» with a recently dismissed top official of the SFS, who historically has a close connection with the Kharkiv GU.

It is quite likely that it is about the former head of the Large Taxpayer Office Yevhen Bambizov, who is originally from Kharkiv and started his career in Kharkiv, then moved first to Odessa and then to the chair of the head of the Large Taxpayer Office.

There’s no need to write about his corruption achievements, as there is a lot of information about this person in the media. Nasir himself helped him move to Kyiv at one time.

It was the former head of the SFS who dismissed the head of the Large Taxpayers Office – Bambizov, from the State Fiscal Service in September 2019. And on November 19, 2019, SSU officers detained him on suspicion of facilitating the legalization of Serhiy Kurchenko’s proceeds from the scheme for purchasing the Ukrainian Media Holding (but he was soon released).

After his dismissal, Bambizov renewed his car fleet and began moving on a 2019 Mercedes-Benz G-class costing 300 thousand euros (Kharkiv license plates AH 0050HK).

And as another Telegram channel «VIY.Ukraine» reported, the activity of the «Don Quixote» channel is aimed at revenge on the top taxpayer aimed at the former head of the tax office.

So all the «puzzles» fit together, and the Don Quixote channel may indeed be working for Bambizov, and he had every reason to seek revenge on the former head of the tax service and hence this channel was created after that.

It was also reported that the mentioned companies above paid the administration of the channel Don Quixote 0.5% of their illegal income for keeping their criminal activity undisclosed. Only in Kharkiv, the amount paid for June was over two million hryvnias. Agree, it is very unlikely that such money would be received by a recently created channel without the patronage of tax officials.

Moreover, Bambizov is trying to return to the structure and has historically good relations with the STI Head Lyubchenko.

Media reports

«Also, journalists noticed that now Bambizov is trying to smear former Finance Minister Oksana Markarova and former customs and tax heads — Maksym Nefyodov, to distract attention from the theft of 700 million UAH VAT over 18 days under the cover of Oleksiy Lyubchenko».

Thus, there is every reason to believe that the Don Quixote TG channel is managed by Yevhen Bambizov and his people.

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