The court did not freeze 12.6 million hryvnias in the accounts of a Kyiv-based contractor
The Dnipro District Court of Kyiv denied the prosecutor’s office’s request to freeze 12.56 million hryvnias belonging to “Ant” Construction Company LLC. The prosecutor’s office had sought to freeze the funds immediately in accounts at six banks.
The BEB case concerns the possible evasion of VAT payments by company employees in 2023–2025. According to the investigation, the state lost 12.56 million hryvnias in revenue. This amount was corroborated by analytical materials from the BEB and a forensic economic examination.
The prosecutor did not appear at the hearing and requested that the motion be considered in his absence. Investigators considered the funds in the accounts to be a possible result of tax evasion and to constitute physical evidence.
However, the court noted that the phrasing “possibly obtained” is merely an assumption. To seize funds as physical evidence, it is necessary to prove a connection between the specific funds and the alleged crime—specifically, through transactions, dates of receipt, and the source of the funds.
Furthermore, the case file did not contain a detective’s ruling recognizing the funds as physical evidence or a justification for the need to freeze all of the company’s accounts.
“Anta” has been operating in the construction sector since 2018. According to Prozorro, the company has dozens of contracts totaling approximately 803 million hryvnias.
Source: ruling of the Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv.
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