About Br5.7 billion was received by the budget of Belarus following financial police inspections over three weeks

May 4, Minsk /BELTA/. Over the past three weeks, thanks to the activities of financial police bodies, Br5.7 billion worth of goods and funds have been transferred to the state revenue, the BELTA correspondent was informed by the press service of the State Control Committee. During the specified period, the financial investigation bodies of the SCC conducted 200 inspections, with violations identified in each case. Additional payments totaling Br5 billion were claimed, of which Br3.5 billion has actually been paid to the budget. 88 criminal cases have been initiated. 21 criminal cases have been completed and transferred to prosecutors for forwarding to courts. The Department of Financial Investigations of the SCC for the Vitebsk region initiated a criminal case against residents of Vitebsk who, having formed an organized group from March 2009 to March 2010, carried out illegal entrepreneurial activities using the details of one of the private enterprises in the regional center, earning an income of Br800 million. The Novopolotsk inter-district department of the DFI initiated a criminal case against the director of one of the private enterprises in Polotsk, who from May to November 2008, by intentionally understating the tax base and making knowingly false information in tax declarations, evaded payment of taxes and fees in the amount of Br316.3 million, causing damage to the state in a particularly large amount. The Department of Financial Investigations of the SCC for the Gomel region initiated a criminal case against an organized criminal group that operated in Gomel. In 2008-2009, it carried out illegal entrepreneurial activities by conducting financial transactions on behalf of and using the details, seals, and settlement accounts of controlled business entities, earning an income of Br289.8 million. A criminal case for fictitious entrepreneurship was initiated against a resident of Gomel, who in 2007 established a private enterprise without the intention of carrying out statutory activities, i.e., to conceal, understate profits, income, and other objects of taxation, resulting in damage to the state in the form of non-payment of taxes and fees in a particularly large amount - Br1.5 billion. The Zhlobin inter-district department of the DFI initiated a criminal case against the director of one of the agricultural enterprises in the Chechersk district, who in February 2010, in order to obtain a loan of Br170 million, submitted knowingly false documents and information to the bank regarding circumstances of significant importance for obtaining the loan. For obstruction of recovery of losses to a creditor, the Department of Financial Investigations of the SCC for the Minsk region and Minsk initiated a criminal case against the director of one of the private enterprises in Minsk, who from August to October 2009 conducted economic operations aimed at disrupting and reducing the recovery of losses to a creditor (banking institution), which resulted in damage in the amount of Br387.9 million. In April of this year, several large seizures of smuggled goods were carried out by employees of the financial police of the Kobrin district.-0-