In early April, President Zelenskyy imposed sanctions against Ukraine's top 10 smugglers. He said this was just the beginning. Whether this is right or wrong can be debated, but one thing is certain: smuggling and other illegal shady operations have not been stopped.
It's worth noting one of Ukraine's largest currency converters, Yevhen Valeriyovych Pulya. His activities cost Ukrainian taxpayers tens of billions of hryvnias annually.
Following constant leadership changes at the State Tax Service and the State Fiscal Service, Pulya continues to engage in illegal activities. These scams involve converting non-cash funds into cash and providing officials of real-sector enterprises with illegal and unlawful services to minimize their tax liabilities. These are commonly known as "conversion centers."
Kyiv has always been a key region involved in such activities. For a long time, Yevhen Pulya has been the main figure in the capital. Pulya was previously called "Groysman's wallet." When Volodymyr Prodan was head of the State Fiscal Service, Pulya had complete control over the Kyiv-based loan scheme. The situation hasn't changed.
Through controlled transit and conversion companies and shell companies, Pulya provides cash conversion services. Documentary cover for non-commodity transactions to illegally generate tax credits is provided to enterprises in the real economy. The scheme's total turnover exceeds six billion hryvnias. This is the amount the budget lost due to the activities of the Kyiv-based cash-out operator Pulya. His conversion center includes the following enterprises:
- LLC "Agro-tech RUPP" EDRPOU code 43709549;
- FH "Goloagro Business" EDRPOU code 42829676;
- Farm "Zoloto Niva" EDRPOU code 42829566;
- Euro Seattle LLC, EDRPOU code 43596198;
- LLC "Trading house office - market XX" EDRPOU code 43596161;
- FH "Glugan M.M." EDRPOU code 38874361;
- LLC "Agrostep Invest" EDRPOU code 43723364;
- LLC "Astar Company" EDRPOU code 43747647;
- LLC "Proftreyd Group" EDRPOU code 43768159;
- Roland Impex LLC, edopou code 43137732.
According to official records, Evgeny Pulya is listed as the director and owner of 11 companies. His main companies include FC Vap-Capital LLC, which provides financial services to the market.
Ownership structure of Mosst LLC
The court registry contains a criminal case for large-scale tax evasion against Vap-Capital FC LLC. According to court documents, tax authorities concluded that the company failed to tax 175 million hryvnias in cash deposited into its cash register (11700000 hryvnias in 2015, 141,500,000 hryvnias in 2016, and 21800000 hryvnias in 2017).
As noted, Vap-Capital Financial Company LLC used 682 self-service software and hardware systems (SSHSS), and cash received between 2015 and 2017 was collected by employees and deposited in the bank. However, this cash was not reflected in the cash books, and cash receipts and cash disbursements were not compiled, and were subsequently not taxed.
The case was closed in 2020, without any fine being collected. This situation is typical in Ukraine, where tax authorities lose the lawsuit for a certain percentage of the imposed fine.
Evgeniy Puli's business structure includes a financial company in Kyiv, which is not legally registered. However, this doesn't prevent it from conducting financial transactions involving cash and non-cash transfers outside of Ukraine. The company is called "Bullet," which translates from English as "bullet." Quite creative, huh?
List of cities and countries where the company provides services
A fairly convenient cover for illegal activity, which involves converting non-cash funds into cash, as well as providing officials of enterprises in the real sector of the economy with illegal and unlawful services to minimize tax liabilities.
What's even more interesting is that the company transports cash across the border, bypassing customs declarations. They are particularly concerned with transporting cash from Ukraine to Russia and back. They also operate in the occupied territories, specifically Crimea. Although they "patriotically" pointed out that Crimea is Ukrainian territory, they likely forgot that Ukrainian citizens are prohibited from operating in territories not under Ukrainian control.
Booklet of the company “Bullet”
The Security Service of Ukraine should call the above number and find out for whom Pulya is transporting cash into and out of Ukraine, bypassing official procedures and evading taxes.
The court registry also contains information that Puli's company, FC Vap-Capital LLC, serves clients who conduct financial transactions and pay taxes in the territories of the terrorist entities "DPR" and "LPR," contrary to Resolution No. 466 of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine dated August 6, 2014, "On the Suspension of Financial Transactions." The Security Service of Ukraine requested the freezing of the account of IT Finance LLC, but FC Vap-Capital LLC filed a motion to lift the freeze. This indicates a direct interest on the part of FC Vap-Capital LLC officials.
It's interesting that, eight years into the war, dishonest businessmen and converters like Evgeny Pulya continue to engage in illegal activities. They cynically transport cash to the aggressor country and to the occupied territories. However, law enforcement agencies remain silent. It's safe to assume they are covering up such cynical and illegal activity.
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