• 11.03.2019 /
• Company news

GFS seized aviation fuel for 43 million UAH.

Employees of the tax police office of the major taxpayers of the GFS and GU GFS in the Nikolaev region, together with the border guards under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine seized a large batch of fuel in the framework of criminal proceedings on tax evasion.

This was stated by the first deputy chairman of the GFS of Ukraine Sergey Bilan.

So, in February 2019, a tanker flying the flag of Tanzania, which followed the route Greece-Nikolaev with a cargo of aviation fuel, entered the Nikolaev Sea Trade Port.

A package of documents for 961.454 tons of aviation fuel was submitted for customs clearance. At the same time, the maximum carrying capacity of the tanker (deadweight) is 2,465.71 tons, that is, the tanker went underloaded.

As part of the operation “Rubezh”, “Excise-2019” and the investigation of criminal proceedings under Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine established a group of persons who entered into a preliminary conspiracy and made unloadings from a specified tanker outside the border and customs control of a consignment of fuel, later transported to one of the tank farms in the city of Nikolayev.

According to the results of the authorized search, 961.136 tons of fuel were found in the indicated tanker at an estimated cost of about UAH 33 million. According to the results of the authorized search at the said tank farm, fuel was found for 10 million UAH.

The total cost of the seized fuel is about 43 million UAH. Investigative actions in criminal proceedings continue.

Report: enkorr