People have created a network of shell companies for illegal currency operations

Employees of Mineralovodsky customs foiled the criminal activity of a group of persons which structure included inhabitants of Stavropol Krai. For a long time, citizens carried out the withdrawal from the Russian Federation cash.

During the carried-out complex quickly-search and investigative actions it is established that the members of the criminal group for a cash consideration of registered companies in the bodies of the Federal tax on a dummy and dummies for subsequent criminal activity associated with the withdrawal of capital. Company data were used as participants of foreign economic activity on import to the territory of the Eurasian economic Union, large quantities of goods.
“In the framework of the 89 foreign trade contracts signed with contractors from China, Hong Kong, Korea and Serbia, on the territory of the Russian Federation have not received the product “car parts”, worth more than 131 million rubles”, – said the acting Deputy chief of Mineralovodsky customs Anatoly Redkin.
Based on these data, the Department of inquiry of Mineralovodsky customs in 2020 1 initiated a criminal case under paragraph “b” of part 2 of article 193 of the criminal code “Evasion from execution of duties for the repatriation of funds in foreign currency on a large scale committed by a group of persons upon a preliminary collusion” and 5 criminal cases, paragraph “b” of part 2 of article 173.1 of the criminal code “Illegal formation of the legal person committed by a group of persons upon a preliminary collusion”. Criminal cases sent to the investigative bodies of the MIA of Russia in the jurisdiction. The organizer of criminal group are arrested. The investigation is ongoing.

Kutako Julia
a press-the Secretary of Mineralovodsky customs