The former head of the capital real estate firm will be tried for concealment of income and tax evasion

The General Prosecutor’s Office of Belarus sent to the court the materials of the criminal case against the former director of one of the Minsk real estate companies. He is accused of organizing a scheme to evade taxes, the correspondent of the agency “Minsk-Novosti” with reference to the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

According to the investigation, the head of the company ordered not to conduct through the cash register the full amount of cash that customers paid for services. Only documents with understated income data were included in the accounting. The proceeds hidden in this way, the accused spent on his own needs, and also used to pay salaries “in envelopes” to employees and other persons who worked without official registration.

As a result of these actions, the former director not only evaded taxes, but also failed to fulfill the duties of a tax agent without transferring income tax to the budget. In addition, he deliberately did not accrue or pay mandatory insurance contributions to the Social Protection Fund.

The damage to the state amounted to about 500 thousand BYN. It is noted that the criminal scheme also infringed the rights of employees of the company to receive social benefits in the future.

The accused fully admitted guilt and repented, partially compensated for the damage. The criminal case was in the production of the main investigation department of the central office of the Investigative Committee. The inspection in the Prosecutor General’s Office confirmed that the investigation was conducted comprehensively and objectively, and the actions of the defendant were correctly qualified under three articles of the Criminal Code (Part 1 of Art. 243, Part 2 of Art. 243-1, Part 2 of Art. 243-3).

During the transfer of the case to the court, the Deputy Prosecutor General filed a lawsuit to recover more than 270 thousand BYN from the accused in favor of the Minsk City Department of the FSZN. The measure of restraint in the form of a subscription not to leave remained unchanged.