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In Altai Territory former CEO of ZAO Stroitel to stand trial for hiding money meant to pay taxes

The Altai Territory investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee have finished investigating a criminal case against 57-year-old former CEO of ZAO Stroitel in the town of Rubtsovsk. He is charged with a crime under article 199.2 of the RF Penal Code (concealing money or assets of an organization which under the laws of the Russian Federation on taxes and duties have to be used to pay arrears, committed by the head of the organization on a large scale).

According to investigators, in the period between December 2010 and November 2011, ZAO Stroitel in town of Rubtsovsk engaged in construction of new and reconstruction of old areas, ponds, pumping stations, water supply wells, water pipelines and other assets of production and non-production purpose had a tax debt of over 2 million 700 thousand rubles. The CEO being well aware about collection letters received by the company and having enough money to pay the debt, decided to hide the money by directing it to pay other liabilities. To do that he invented a scheme under which the money passed the company’s accounts and was transferred to the accounts of third parties to which ZAO Stroitel had liabilities.

The accused has been prosecuted multiple times for tax crimes before. Though the company ceased to exist in June 2012, the investigators have gathered enough evidence proving that its former CEO was involved in the crime, so the criminal case with the approved indictment has been sent to court to be tried on the merits.