The SSU established that the ultimate beneficiary of 4 companies from Kharkiv, Lviv and Dnipro is a citizen of Tambov, russia.

These companies are engaged in retail trade of non-food items throughout Ukraine.

Each of these firms transferred its profits in our country to the owner, who in turn pays taxes to russia’s state budget. In this way, they were involved in financing russia’s military aggression against Ukraine.

Kyivskyi District Court of Kharkiv seized the corporate rights of four companies worth the total amount of UAH 72 mln (USD 1,7 mln).

The SSU also established that the authorized capitals of the four companies were formed with the ‘laundered’ income of the ‘parent’ Kharkiv company, whose assets were seized in June 2022, following an investigation by the SSU.

Currently, the assets are being transferred to be managed by the National Agency of Ukraine for Detection, Tracing and Management of Assets Derived from Corruption and Other Crimes (ARMA).

The SSU is investigating the activity of these enterprises within the criminal proceedings under Article 209.2 of the CCU (legalization (laundering) of property obtained by crime).

The SSU Office in Kharkiv Region has been working on the case together with National Police investigators with the assistance of the State Tax Service of Ukraine under the procedural supervision of Kharkiv Region Prosecutor’s Office.