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In Chuvashia former head of municipal enterprise found guilty of tax crime

A court has found the evidence gathered by the investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee for the Republic of Chuvashia sufficient to convict former director of municipal unitary enterprise Remservis in the town of Novocheboksarsk. He was found guilty of a crime under article 199.2 of the RF Penal Code (hiding funds of a company meant to pay off tax arrears committed on a large scale).

The court and investigators have found that between August and December 2013, the accused in Novocheboksarsk with the purpose to prevent payments to be enforced on the company, over 7 million rubles as of 1 December 2013, paid creditors avoiding company’s settlement accounts, on which tax authorities had imposed certain restrictions. There were two schemes used to conceal the funds from being collected for taxes. This way for formal conclusion of agreements he used details and settlement accounts of his another company with the same name, nominal CEO of which was a subordinate of his – chief engineer at Remservis. Additionally, in October 2013, the perpetrator opened a new settlement account for the company, which was not restricted by tax authorities. As a result he managed to hide over 1 million 800 thousand rubles which under the law had to be used to pay tax arrears.

The former director of Remservis has received a suspended sentence of 2 years.

It should be noted that at present the court is hearing a case against a predecessor of the accused on the post of director of Remservis also charged with a crime under 199.2 of the RF Penal Code (hiding funds of a company meant to pay off tax arrears committed on a large scale). According to the investigators, using the same schemes she concealed over 2.5 million rubles which under the law had had to be used to pay tax arrears.