Tax officers detained for concealing illegal turnover of fuel and lubricants
Employees of the Tax Service were detained for concealing illegal turnover of fuel and lubricants. The press center of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) announced.
Security services uncovered a corrupt scheme of import and sale of fuel and lubricants on the territory of Kyrgyz Republic without paying tax duties.
It was found out that the head of the department of the State Tax Service for work with unaccounted goods in the EAEU trade and the head of the department for work with unaccounted goods and traceability of goods for Osh city, Osh and Jalal-Abad regions for a long time contributed to tax evasion in especially large amounts by individual economic entities engaged in the illegal import and sale of fuels and lubricants in the territory of the republic.
Thus, under the pretext of internal movement of goods from the northern regions of the country to the southern regions, certain companies sold unaccounted by the tax authorities fuels and lubricants. They were provided with unhindered passage through Sosnovka and Kara-Kul posts.
For concealing this corrupt scheme, the officials received up to 1 som per liter of petroleum products.
For these services the employees received 5,000 soms each.
Investigative and operational activities are conducted to identify other officials involved in this corrupt scheme, as well as to compensate for the damage caused to the state. Tax audits of the firms that illegally imported, stored and sold contraband fuels and lubricants are conducted.
