The Security Service of Ukraine, in collaboration with the prosecution, has dismantled a large-scale scheme for legalizing illegal profits across various regions of the country. According to the investigation, from 2023 to 2025, the suspects «laundered» more than UAH 1.5 billion, a significant portion of which was stolen from the state budget.
As a result of comprehensive measures, the organizer of the scheme – a former deputy head of the State Fiscal Service – was arrested for creating a «conversion center» under the guise of a lawyer.
The investigation established that he involved four accomplices, including two accountants and the head of an affiliated company that facilitated the legalization of illegal income.
Among the main clients of this «conversion center» were representatives of businesses performing contracted work for state institutions, attempting to illegally seize state funds.
To obscure the «traces» of shadow financial operations, the criminals created dozens of shell companies, most of which operated solely on paper.
For planning and carrying out their criminal activities, the suspects rented an office space in Kyiv where they met clients and stored shadow documentation.
During searches of the organizer and his accomplices, cash obtained through criminal means, seals of fictitious companies, bank cards, computer equipment, and financial documents containing evidence of the «scheme» were found.

Currently, all five suspects have been detained. They are to be charged with two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

•  Part 3 of Article 212 (tax evasion);
•  Part 3 of Article 209 (legalization (laundering) of property obtained through criminal means).

The criminals face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property. The measures were carried out by the Main Directorate of the SBU in Kyiv and the Kyiv region with the assistance of the State Tax Service and the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine.