Several company officials were charged with a criminal case on suspicion of evasion of taxes on an especially large scale. The alleged evasion scheme included, in preliminary investigation body’s opinion, an arrangement of conditions to distribute proceeds between business entities created in consequence of company’s successive re-organisation.
Due to successful counsel’s activities, suspicions from a number of officials were cleared (the criminal case was terminated in default of component of crime). Also, during the preliminary investigation, the measure of restraint in regard to the main person involved was changed from detention to another (not involving detention). During the preliminary investigation, the defence managed to decrease both the period of alleged crime and the extent of damages: from 6 years to only 1 year, and, consequently, decrease the extent of damages 6 times. Following investigation results, a request for release from criminal responsibility was filed pursuant to art. 88-1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.
