The SBU detained a former top tax official in Kyiv
The Security Service, in cooperation with the prosecutor's office, has dismantled a large-scale scheme for the legalization of criminal proceeds in various regions of Ukraine. According to case materials, during 2023-2025, the suspects "laundered" over 1.5 billion UAH, most of which was stolen from the budget. This was reported by the SBU press center.
The organizer—a former deputy head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine—has been detained. He organized a "conversion center" under the guise of a lawyer, law enforcement agencies report.
According to media reports, this refers to Yevhen Bambizov, who held various leadership positions, including head of the Central Office for Large Taxpayers Service, and also served as acting deputy head of the State Fiscal Service. The Cabinet of Ministers dismissed him in May 2019. In February 2021, he received a lawyer's license.
As established by the investigation, he involved four more accomplices in criminal activities, who ensured the operation of the "scheme". Among the main clients of the "conversion center" were representatives of commercial entities, who performed subcontracting work and services for budgetary institutions and attempted to illegally seize state funds. To obscure the "traces" of shadow operations, the criminals created dozens of fictitious companies, most of which conducted business activities only "on paper".
Currently, five suspects have been detained. They are planned to be charged with tax evasion and legalization of property obtained through criminal means. The detainees face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
