Lawless actions of Bureau of Economic (In) Security of Ukraine: AMIC ENERGY will appeal against groundless and illegal seizure of real estate

On August 18, 2022, the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine (BES) published information about the arrest of the real estate of "one of the largest gas station networks." According to the information from the State Register of Property Rights for Immovable Property, the object of this fabricated attack by BES is an enterprise with foreign investments "AMIK UKRAINE". The reason for the decision to arrest was the company's alleged tax evasion during 2015-2022, as well as its "connection" with the aggressor country.

"AMIK UKRAINE" considers both accusations groundless and unfounded and sees in BES’ actions the signs of deliberate illegal pressure on a foreign investor. "AMIK UKRAINE" strongly disagrees with BES's arbitrary accusations and will appeal against the illegal seizure to the court of appeal.

The situation is particularly outrageous in view of the fact that, while accusing "AMIK UKRAINE" of tax evasion, BES detectives deliberately, or due to incompetence, have failed to analyze the publicly available audited financial statements of the company. Notably, even a superficial analysis of this open information irrevocably refutes all the accusations made by the investigators.

The attempt to justify the seizure of the property of "AMIK UKRAINE" through "tax violations" looks especially absurd considering the data of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, according to which the company is one of the five largest taxpayers per liter of fuel sold.

No less far-fetched and baseless is the BES argumentation regarding the alleged Russian beneficiaries of "AMIK UKRAINE": in the investigation materials, available to the company's lawyers, the accusation of connections with the citizens of the aggressor country is based on a shocking