From the budget of the Russian Federation prepared the theft of half a trillion rubles

The suppression of the activities of Russia’s largest shadow site for the creation of “paper VAT” allowed the state to avoid additional losses in the amount of more than half a trillion rubles, Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“The suppression of the criminal activities of these persons allowed to prevent possible future damage in the amount of more than 500 billion rubles in the form of non-received taxes,” Bastrykin said. The country's chief investigator added that a large-scale criminal scheme caused colossal damage to the treasury.

“Alexander Osin fled the investigation, but was detained on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. The documents necessary for his extradition were sent to the authorized bodies of this country, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation said. According to him, to get on the trail of the entire criminal group of 12 accomplices criminologists managed thanks to jewelry work to restore deleted data from the mobile devices of the defendants.

Recall that in the spring in Moscow was suppressed the activities of a powerful criminal community that created more than four thousand fictitious legal entities for the sale of fake invoices. As a result of this large-scale fraud, the state budget received a total of more than one trillion rubles in taxes, and the organizers of the scheme are now preparing for extradition and trial.