Goods Imported from the IRI to the RA for which Customs Fees and VAT not Calculated; Damage Caused to the State in the Amount of 103 Million AMD Recovered
Through preliminary investigation of the criminal proceeding initiated in the fifth Department ofGeneral Department for Investigation of Economic Crimes and Smuggling of the RA Investigative Committee according to the Point 2 of the Part 3 of the Article 290 of RA Criminal Code a number of circumstances of not paying customs fees in particularly large amount by an LLC were found out.
In the result of evidentiary and procedural actions conducted in the course of preliminary investigation, data were obtained that goods were imported from the IRI to the RA by a company engaged in specialized wholesale trade, but registered in the name of a foreign legal entity, and customs fees, in the amount of 103.261.200 AMD, were not calculated for the goods and not paid to the state budget, 40.761.000 AMD of it was customs duty, 62.500.200 AMD was value added tax.
On the base of the obtained sufficient facts public criminal prosecution was initiated against the mentioned person according to the Point 2 of the Part 3 of the Article 290. By the court’s decision, detention was selected as a pretrial measure against him.
In the course of preliminary investigation the amount of unpaid fees, in the amount of 103.410.000 AMD in total, was paid to the state budget.
A decision was made to terminate the public criminal prosecution against the mentioned person based on the recovery of the damage.