“In Kyiv, law enforcement officers exposed a lawyer who demanded $100,000 from entrepreneurs for “solving” tax issues. He intimidated businessmen with supposedly imminent fines of almost a billion hryvnias and convinced them that he had insider information from regulatory authorities. The Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police and the Prosecutor General’s Office documented the crime and informed the suspects about the suspicion. According to the investigation, the suspect demanded from the management”, — write on: ua.news
In Kyiv, law enforcement officers exposed a lawyer who demanded $100,000 from entrepreneurs for “solving” tax issues. He intimidated businessmen with allegedly imminent fines of almost a billion hryvnias and convinced them that he had insider information from regulatory bodies. The Security Service of Ukraine, the National Police and the Prosecutor General’s Office documented the crime and informed the suspects about the suspicion.
According to the investigation, the suspect demanded 100,000 US dollars from the management of one of the capital’s companies. For this money, he promised “help” in solving tax issues, which, according to him, were allegedly in the company’s accounting department.
The lawyer convinced the businessmen that he had insider information from the regulatory authorities. In case of refusal to pay, he threatened with serious consequences – a fine of almost 1 billion hryvnias. The law enforcement officers note that the suspect systematically put pressure on his victims, using manipulation and psychological pressure. He regularly emphasized the “inevitability” of inspections and convinced that without his intervention the company would suffer catastrophic financial losses.
When the entrepreneurs agreed to hand over the cash, the lawyer involved an acquaintance of his as an intermediary to receive the money. It was at this moment that the law enforcement officers gradually documented the criminal actions of both involved parties.
During the investigative actions, searches were conducted at the places of stay of the suspects. On the basis of the collected evidence, the lawyer and his accomplice were informed of the suspicion under Part 5 of Art. 190 and Part 5 of Art. 27, Part 5 of Art. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — fraud and aiding and abetting fraud committed on a particularly large scale under martial law. The sanctions of these articles provide for severe punishment. Currently, the issue of the suspect’s choice of preventive measure in the form of detention, as well as the additional qualification of their actions, is being resolved.
According to Telegram channels, it is about the lawyer of the oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, Serhii Stetsyuk. According to sources, he demanded 100,000 dollars from a capital company for “solving” tax problems and threatened a fine of almost a billion hryvnias.
It is also noted that he used an intermediary to obtain funds and disguised himself as an honorary consul of Moldova. According to sources, the case was documented for over a year — law enforcement officers recorded hundreds of hours of audio and video footage. Currently, the investigation is ongoing.
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