Russia Recovers Over $7.4 Billion in Unpaid Taxes Over 15 Years
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- Russia has recovered over 561 billion rubles ($7.4 billion) in unpaid taxes and seized property worth over 354 billion rubles ($4.7 billion) in the last 15 years.
- Additionally, 37 billion rubles ($488.8 million) were reimbursed to employees in non-payment of wages cases.
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ST. PETERSBURG, June 25. /TASS/. More than 560 bln rubles ($7.4 bln) of unpaid taxes have been returned to the income of Russia over 15 years, Advisor to the Head of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Fedorov said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.
"31,000 cases of tax crimes have been completed, over 561 bln rubles of unpaid taxes have been returned to the state income, and property worth more than 354 bln rubles ($4.7 bln) has been additionally seized," he said.
Almost 10,000 criminal cases have been transferred to the courts on the facts of non-payment of wages during 15 years, over 37 bln rubles ($488.8 mln) have been reimbursed to employees, and the property of employers amounting to almost 16 bln rubles ($211.3 mln) has been seized, Fedorov noted. "In such cases, the Investigative Committee acts as a mechanism for restoring social justice: labor must be paid, tax obligations must be fulfilled, budget funds must be protected, and entrepreneurial activity must be freed from criminal schemes," he added.
