The Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine (Bab) has started a pre -trial investigation into the case of tax evasion in particularly large amounts of Herz and FC Hertz. These Odessa enterprises provide services for maintenance of the information and payment portal, through which Ukrainians can pay for fines and utilities. According to the criminal proceedings, open under Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, it is about evasion of taxes for a considerable amount.
As part of the investigation, the Bab also explores the "Herz" and "FC" Herz "with a number of other enterprises, including foreign investment firms, such as" Avers ", as well as companies that have signs of" risky ", in particular PE" Ecostrophors ", LLC" Svetstroy ". This may indicate that there are complex financial schemes and abuses associated with tax evasion.
Hertz LLC was registered in Odessa in 1999. According to open sources, Gennady Besedovsky and Konstantin Tkach are the heads of "Avers" through the company "Avers". Until July 2022, one of the final beneficiaries of the company was Dmitry Nikitin, who had previously held the position of Deputy Chairman of the Odessa Regional Council. Under his leadership, Hertz received a commission for each payment for utilities of Odessa in the amount of 2.4%, which, according to experts, ranged from 20 to 30 million hryvnias a month. In addition, the company is represented by Alexander Malin, former Deputy Minister of Infrastructure from Odessa.
It should be noted that the activity of Herz is the subject of detailed analysis, since it has close links with state structures and significant financial flows, which puts into question the transparency of its operations and the proper payment of taxes.
At the same time, Bab continues the investigation and analyzes the financial flows of these enterprises to find out the extent of violations and restore justice.
