Journalist Yevhen Plinsky, citing sources in law enforcement agencies, spoke about the seizure of smuggled equipment in the logistics centers of the Yabko chain of stores in the Lviv region. The company commented.
Journalist Yevhen Plinsky, citing sources in law enforcement agencies, spoke about the seizure of smuggled equipment in the logistics centers of the Yabko chain of stores in the Lviv region. The company commented.
«Sources in law enforcement agencies report that a few days ago, BEB detectives conducted a series of measures in the places of storage, accumulation and distribution of contraband equipment of the Yabko network in the Lviv region. I intentionally use the word „measures“ because the scale of the actions and their implementation go beyond the term „searches“,» Plinsky wrote.
According to him, during these events, more than $100 million worth of smuggled equipment was seized from Yabko.
«More than 100 individual entrepreneurs were also involved in the sale of illegal goods without paying taxes, which, according to detectives' analysis, allowed YABKO to launder more than 40 million hryvnias in unpaid taxes in a short period of time,» the journalist claims.
Plinsky noted that the searches allegedly took place not in the chain’s stores, but in the main offices and logistics centers of Yabko.
«I wouldn’t be so optimistic about Yabko. Let’s see how the network and the entire black smuggling market, which is based on the Yabko organized crime group, will work in a week. Isn’t this impossible without the goods that were seized? Is it possible? ;) Or not seized? ;) Is it possible that they knew about the searches and seized the wrong one? ;),» commented the post by Yevhen Plinsky, the head of the Verkhovna Rada’s Finance Committee, Danylo Hetmantsev.
dev.ua reached out to Yabko for comment and received a response. The press service noted that the announced figure of $100 million is absurd in its scale, because it is comparable to the amount of international aid that Ukraine receives. Because of such figures, the company sees an information campaign directed against Yabko.
«The Yabko special equipment network consistently implements strategic development plans: it invests in expanding the network, supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine and social projects, updates store formats and improves the quality of service and customer experience. The company freely provides all necessary documents and explanations within the framework of current legislation, works transparently, complies with the requirements of the regulatory field and is interested in objective and impartial consideration of any issues,» the company’s official comment says.
