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In Arkhangelsk Region CEO and chief accountant put on trial for evading taxes on especially massive scale

The Arkhangelsk Region and Nenets Autonomous Area investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee have finished investigating a criminal case against CEO and chief accountant of a firm accused of the crime under paragraphs “a” and “b” of part 2 of article 199 of the RF Penal Code (evading taxes by putting knowingly false information in tax statement committed by a group in conspiracy on an especially massive scale).

According to investigators in 2005-2007 the accused conspired to evade paying a total of 14 million 154 thousand 14 rubles in taxes (profit tax and VAT), the portion of the unpaid taxes made up 60.95% (especially massive scale) by putting false information on inexistent expenditure in an accounting report and tax statement. During the interview the CEO did not admit his guilt and the accountant fully admitted the guilt and repented.

Investigators have gathered enough evidence, therefore the criminal case with the approved indictment is going to go to court to be tried on the merits.