Four Defendants Reach Plea Deals in UAH 15bn Conversion Center Case
Four defendants in the criminal proceedings against the former head of the State Tax Service, Yevgeny Oleinnikov, suspected of involvement in a criminal organization that created a conversion center with a turnover of UAH 15 billion, have reached a plea agreement.
On October 1, 2026, the High Anti-Corruption Court received the indicated indictment with a register of pre-trial investigation materials, receipts (Bogomol Vadym Ivanovich, Yefimova Tetyana Mykhailivna, Pavlovskaya Hanna Olegivna, Kazachenko Yevhen Vyacheslavovich) and their defense attorney on receiving a copy of the indictment and the register of pre-trial investigation materials in criminal proceedings and a plea agreement.
As is known, according to the investigation, the former prosecutor of Donetsk region Vadym Bogomol was the organizer of the conversion center. At the same time, Efimova acted as the chief accountant of the conversion center, and Pavlovskaya was her assistant. Kazachenko was the head of one of the private companies.
Yevgeny Oleinnikov is a figure in the EBK database.
As a reminder, NABU and SAPO have exposed 11 people involved in a criminal organization that created a conversion center with a turnover of UAH 15 billion. In particular, the suspects include the former head of the State Tax Service, Yevhen Oleinikov. As the investigation established, he facilitated the smooth operation of the conversion center, and his former deputy, who headed the commission on suspension of registration of tax invoices, ensured that decisions were made in favor of the necessary companies.
According to NABU, the organization's members created a scheme of over 200 legal entities to minimize tax payments. The center's activities were made possible by systematic abuse of power by State Tax Service officials and bribery of individual employees.
According to the case materials, in 2020–2023, the center issued tax invoices with false data for a total of UAH 15 billion, and fictitious VAT amounted to over UAH 2.3 billion. As a result of the transaction, the state budget received more than UAH 147 million less.
We also previously reported that the HACC reduced the bail of the former head of the tax service.
