A businessman from the Minsk region earned over Br3 billion from illegal deals with state-owned enterprises.

February 9, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A resident of the Minsk region earned over Br3 billion from illegal deals with state-owned enterprises, the head of the department for supervision of tax and customs legislation enforcement of the Vitebsk region prosecutor's office, Roman Chudakov, told a BELTA correspondent. From January 2007 to March 2009, the businessman carried out illegal transactions with enterprises of the food industry of the Vitebsk region through shell companies. He supplied them with various tangible assets and received products from the enterprises in return through barter. For illegal entrepreneurial activity, associated with obtaining income on a particularly large scale, the Department of Financial Investigations of the State Control Committee for the Vitebsk region initiated a criminal case against the businessman under Part 2 of Article 233 of the Criminal Code of Belarus, which provides for up to five years of imprisonment. Court hearings are being held at the place where the crime was committed. -0-