Ukrainian mass media report on an extremely important legal process regarding the transfer of Viktor Polishchuk's "Gulliver" shopping center in Kyiv to the Asset and Property Management Agency (ARMA). According to information, the trial on this issue is scheduled for May 17.
The Gulliver multi-functional complex in Kyiv, consisting of a shopping center and a business center, was arrested less than a month ago - on April 9. This property with a total area of more than 150,000 sq.m. m is material evidence in the case of non-payment of taxes
The owner of BFK Gulliver - the company "Three O" - is accused of non-payment of taxes in the amount of more than UAH 145.8 million, according to the BEB report.
In 2019-2021, the facility management concluded a number of contracts with fictitious companies "Alexa Group" and "Spetsenergomontazh LTD" for work that was not carried out, which made it possible to overestimate the amount of the tax credit. Thus, the owner evaded paying taxes and cashed them out, BEB said.
In May 2023, the director of the shopping center was informed of suspicion of tax evasion.
At the same time, the property - BFK - was recognized as material evidence in criminal proceedings. On April 9, 2024, he was arrested and on April 26, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, a court session was supposed to take place, which was postponed to May 3 at the request of the defense.
This meeting was interrupted due to an air alarm and postponed to May 17.
The company "Three O" calls the request to transfer Gulliver to the management of ARMA "baseless" and "unfounded", the company's press service reported.
"The law enforcement officers do not have any evidence," Polishchuk said in a comment to Forbes at the April 26 court hearing.
"I don't have any conclusions that I underpaid something." Also, in "Three O" they say about a gross violation of the principle of proportionality of the value of BFC Gulliver compared to the amount of probably unpaid taxes.
If BC Gulliver is transferred to ARMA, then its management may be of interest to many companies from the market.
And Polishchuk will lose his main asset for which he borrowed 600 million dollars.
