The National Anti-corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office reported the suspicion to a person close to the former head of the State Fiscal Service Roman Nasirov and his advisor.
The press services of the bodies reported that the father-in-law of the ex-head of the Federal Tax Service Roman Nasirov, the developer Oleksandr Glimbovskyi, is in question.
"Under the procedural guidance of SAP prosecutors, NABU detectives uncovered a scheme to legalize part of the illegal profit that the head of the SFS received for his own benefit and for the benefit of third parties during 2015-2016. It is about a record bribe in the amount of more than 722 million UAH, which was given for actions related to providing VAT reimbursement to legal entities controlled by the agricultural holding in the amount of more than 3.2 billion UAH. Currently, two persons have been notified of the suspicion: a person close to the ex-head of the Federal Security Service (the actions are classified as crimes under Part 5 of Article 27, Part 4 of Article 368, Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) and his advisor (Part 3 Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), - informs SAP.
The investigation believes that Glimbovskyi helped legalize 13 million euros of illegal profit, which, according to the prosecution, Nasirov received from oligarch Oleg Bakhmatyuk for extraordinary VAT refunds to his companies. Glimbovsky allegedly legalized the entire amount of the bribe and spent it on the purchase of an unfinished residential and office complex with parking in the center of Kyiv "Metropol". The complex continued to be built and receive additional income, in particular in 2022-2023.
At the end of 2023, NABU and SAP managed to seize 81 real estate objects and more than UAH 30 million, which the developer acquired thanks to legalized funds.
Another part of the illegal profit in the amount of 7.9 million euros, which was in the accounts of another controlled offshore company, was legalized by Nasirov's adviser. He laundered 5.5 million dollars by concluding an agency agreement in January 2017, and in April - August 2018 - another 2.8 million euros as payment under sales contracts.
Measures are being taken to establish the circumstances of the legalization of the last part of the illegal profit in the amount of 5.5 million dollars. and persons involved in this.
It was previously reported that NABU and SAP are investigating the legalization of an alleged bribe received by Nasirov. Glimbovskyi, the father-in-law of the former head of the Federal Security Service, appeared in the case.
It will be recalled that the NABU and SAP informed the ex-head of the Federal Tax Service Roman Nasirov of the suspicion of receiving more than UAH 722 million in illegal benefits. The oligarch Oleg Bakhmatyuk was also informed about the suspicion of providing this benefit, but in absentia.
The investigation established that the head of the Federal Tax Service (2015-2016) received an illegal benefit of $5.5 million for ensuring reimbursement of over UAH 540 million to agricultural holding companies in August 2015 and over EUR 21 million for reimbursement of almost 2.7 billion VAT during February 2015-August In 2016, Nasirov received "Service Fees", which, on average, amounted to about 20% of the amount of refunded VAT, to the account of a foreign company controlled by him, as well as a company controlled by his father-in-law and the adviser, through another foreign front company engaged by the adviser exhibitor The sender of the funds, as established by NABU and SAP, was a non-resident company controlled by the owner of the agricultural holding Bakhmatyuk. 
At the same time, part of the illegal profit was formed directly from the funds of the budget VAT refund and converted into foreign currency. NABU and SAP have evidence that the head of the Federal Tax Service prioritized VAT refund payments to agricultural holding companies, not including information on the amounts declared for budget refunds by other business entities (including utility companies) that were entitled to that. This led to lawsuits by such companies and their collection from the state budget, in addition to the declared amounts of budget compensation, at least 2 million UAH in fines.
