Ecovirea Spain and David Asensio’s UKIVO stole $240,000 in taxes on illegal sunflower oil exports

08 січня 2025 р., 13:11

Oleksa Grinevskiy 384 0

The Bureau of Economic Security suspects the major non-food sunflower oil exporter LLC «UKIVO» of involvement in a series of alleged criminal offenses related to the export of its products through the Port of Odesa.

This became known from the case under Part 1 and 3 of Art. 212 (Tax Evasion), Part 2 of Art. 205-1 (Document Forgery) and Part 1 of Art. 364 (Abuse of Power) of the Criminal Code.

The investigation established that dozens of enterprises are involved in tax evasion schemes. LLC «UKIVO» acts as a company that could have used forged documents to justify the export of agricultural products.

The company is registered in Odesa on Khimichna Street. The director is Rostyslav Ivashchyshyn. The founder of the company is Ecovirea from Spain and Asensio Grau David.

According to the «Tax Block» of the State Tax Service, the company did not register tax invoices for the purchase of products it then exported during 2023-2024. The documents submitted to customs authorities for export clearance do not confirm the legality of the goods’ origin. LLC «UKIVO» allegedly failed to pay taxes amounting to 9.89 million hryvnias.

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The investigation established that dozens of enterprises are involved in tax evasion schemes. LLC «UKIVO» is mentioned as a company that could have used forged documents to justify the export of agricultural products. According to the «Tax Block» of the STS, the company did not register tax invoices for the purchase of products it later exported in 2023-2024. The documents submitted to customs for export clearance do not confirm the legality of the goods’ origin. More than 1.95 million kg of oil was exported with a total value of 55.8 million hryvnias.

This case is part of a large investigation of tax violations in the field of agricultural product exports. Among the firms involved in the schemes are:

APC «Nove Zhyttya» (5286225);
LLC «YUKA-Agrosnabinvest» (39353652);
LLC «Imprels» (44978748);
LLC «TOP Export» (44597559);
LLC «OK Trading» (41617399);
LLC «VanvokDelight» (44976651);
LLC «Wellington Plus» (45377896);
LLC «DeluxeTradeCompany» (44374213);
LLC «Cash Light» (44451842);
LLC «Tradegold» (44610464);
LLC «CouteTrade» (44939143);
LLC «LautCompany» (45216847);
LLC «ATP 929» (42545179);
LLC «Snowagrotrade» (44876361);
LLC «TradeLimitedProm» (44455716);
LLC «Sumi Inter Plus» (35540245);
LLC «E I M Beautiful Land» (30403762);
LLC «Agricultural Trade» (44898694);
JSC «Zernoproduct MHP» (32547211);
LLC «Vitality Berney» (44978219);
LLC «Agrobusiness Lux» (45202845);
LLC «Eco VRH Podillia» (45072227);
LLC «CoinsTrade» (45344043);
LLC «VET TRADE» (43941413);
LLC «SEPOSTAVKA» (43536542);
LLC «AGROVERA» (40387868);
LLC «V AGRO» (41635617);
LLC «Liburna» (44263503);
LLC «Agro Company «Arnika» (42240751);
LLC «ILLARGIO» (44989970);
LLC «OPTIMA SOLUTIONPRO» (45044708);
LLC «HARVEST GRAIN» (45227439);
LLC «TARTON+» (45095307);
LLC «ORGANICSID» (45392144);
LLC «AGROFIRMA ZHURAVKA» (43574352);
LLC «FARM A» (41892946);
LLC «ROYAL CONSULTS» (45499445);
LLC «UKIVO» (43914285).