Odessa businessman Maxim Maximov started a whole fleet of $ 1.2 million during the war. At the same time, Maximov's official revenues are several times less than these acquisitions, so according to journalists , Maximov's Secret of Success is evading taxes in particularly large amounts.
Over the last 2 years, Maximov has purchased three elite cars at once. In particular, in August 2023, Maximov became the owner of Lamborghini Urus SUV 2020 ( OOO7777AC ), which costs from $ 420,000.
Photo: car Lamborghini Urus Suv Odessa Maxim Maximov
In May 2024, Maximov buys a new supercar - Porsche 911 GT3 Rs 2023. The new car of this model costs on the market from $ 584,000.
Photo: car Porsche 911 GT3 Rs, which Maximov bought for half a million dollars in 2024
And another new sports car Porsche Taycan Turbo GT 2024 was released with the State AA7777YK State Number in October 2024. Such a base equipment on the official site costs from $ 230,000. “And here is my new Porsche Taycan Turbo GT. The first in Ukraine, ”Maksimov wrote under the photo on his Instagram .
Photo: car Porsche Taycan Turbo GT purchased during the war Maxim Maximov
At the same time, Maxim Maximov's income in 2021 was only $ 15,872, in 2022-$ 54,906, in 2023-$ 230 115, and in 2024-$ 158,410.
That is, in the last four years, Maximov has officially earned $ 460 thousand - three times less than spent on new cars with a total value of $ 1.2 million.
According to the data of the Ukrainian registers, six months after the start of a full -scale invasion, namely on August 10, 2022, Maxim Maximov, as well as a Swiss citizen, Sturen Carl Olof Richard, founded in Odessa Viking Alliance LLC with the main activity of "Auxiliary Water Transport Maintenance".
In March 2023, they together with two co -founders Pavel Demchenko and Roman Dubanich registered another Viking Alliance Ukraine LLC. At the same time, according to the financial statements of these companies, Viking Alliance Ukraine LLC did not earn a penny for 2023, and Viking Alliance LLC in 2022 showed losses of almost half a million hryvnias, and in 2023-a profit of only 800 thousand hryvnias.
Photo: Viking Alliance Ukraine LLC did not earn a penny for the first year of its existence. Opendatabot
Photo: Maxim Maximov Viking Alliance has earned only 800 thousand hryvnias in 2023 at 350 times more income. Screenshot Opendatabot
A simple analysis of the financial statements of companies Maxim Maximov shows tax evasion through the conclusion of fictitious transactions. And when purchasing elite cars, it is not necessary to report on the origin of funds.
In addition to these two companies, Maxim Maximov, together with her mother Tatiana Maximova, is the founders of Motor-Auto Ukraine LLC, registered in March 2018, in which Irina Maximov, his wife, is the director. But this company, according to Opendatabot, is unprofitable -in 2023, net profit amounted to -418 500 UAH.
Another enterprise of Odessa Maximova-Motor-Auto Tracic LLC, which is engaged in freight road. Its financial statements are also sad: every year solid losses from 2 to 3.5 million UAH.
Photo: Motor-Auto Tracic LLC, founded in 2020, in recent years Maximov has only damaged only losses
However, despite the loss, the company acquired a car Porsche Panamera 2021, which costs an average of 80 to 180 thousand dollars.
Not the only company that among others makes Maximov's profit, it is Mtor-Auto Yukrein LLC, which, according to the register, deals with auxiliary activities in the field of transport. In fact, since February 2019, this firm has been engaged in bringing it to Ukraine, selling cars from the United States. Instagram page describes
Despite the fact that the last post on the company page with the announcement of the brought another car dates back to March 23, 2021, the financial statements of this LLC showed that in 2023 it had a profit of almost UAH 15.7 million, while 2022 it was LLC, like most other Maximov companies, at UAH 10.8 million.
Photo: Maxim Maximov's financial statements of Motor-Auto Auto Auto
However, in 2024, this company, like Motor-Auto Traks LLC, purchased two cars: another new Porsche Panamera 2024, the average cost of $ 200,000, as well as Mercedes-Benz V 300D 2021, the average cost of $ 73.
It turns out that a company with a loss of $ 260 thousand in 2022 and with a profit of $ 400,000-in 2023, in the third year of the war spent almost $ 300,000 on elite cars, that is, almost all its money earned.
Photo: How many Odessa Maximov Maximov spent money on the purchase of elite cars. BlackBox Osint Infographics
As we can see, the Odessa businessman Maxim Maximov earns the import of used cars into Ukraine, and despite the fact that most of his firms are officially unprofitable, he buys one by one elite cars for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Maximov either hides his real income from the state, not wanting to pay taxes, or has other illegal income that allow him to lead a luxurious life during the war.
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