
Sobesednik.ru is trying to get an official comment from the Federal Tax Service (FTS) of the Russian Federation, but the press service phones are silent, and a fax is working in the FTS call center.
Meanwhile, a number of media outlets report that the searches are being carried out in connection with the attempted theft of 2 billion rubles by a St. Petersburg company under the guise of a VAT refund.
Let us remind you that since 9 am, investigators have been conducting searches in the premises of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation in Moscow on Bolshaya Tulskaya Street, 15, as well as in tax inspectorate No. 28, and documents are being seized. “No show, modest,” an eyewitness described the appearance of operatives at one of the inspection buildings. In addition, since early morning, a search has also been going on at the home of the deputy head of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation for Moscow, Olga Chernichuk. An Interfax source indicated that her driver was first detained “so that she could not leave,” then Chernichuk herself was detained.