Ukrainian tech retail chain Yabko has fully reimbursed over UAH 60 million in damages to the state budget following an tax evasion investigation. Law enforcement uncovered a large-scale financial scheme involving artificial business splitting. Because the company has fully compensated for the damages, prosecutors have filed a motion to release the suspect director from criminal liability.
According to investigators, throughout 2025, sales at the retail chain were processed through 58 controlled individual entrepreneurs (FOPs). This popular FOP tax scheme allowed the company to avoid paying Value Added Tax (VAT). The involved entrepreneurs did not actually conduct any independent business; instead, the company’s director single-handedly managed all financial transactions and reporting.
«Funds from the sales of tech products did not go to the company’s official account, but were instead distributed among the accounts of the involved FOPs. This enabled the company to evade paying over UAH 60 million in VAT,» prosecutors stated.
Currently, the entire amount of damage caused to the state has been repaid to the budget in full, which served as the basis for the prosecution’s motion to dismiss the criminal charges against the director.
No information regarding the ultimate beneficial owner is available on the retailer’s official website. However, in April 2025, Yabko announced that it had relaunched its operations under a new legal entity — «Specialtech» LLC.
According to data from the YouControl analytical platform, «Specialtech» LLC is owned by Anna Bryzhak and Mykola Kakhnych. Both owners have deep ties to assets belonging to the family of former Lviv oligarch Petro Dyminskyi:
Anna Bryzhak: Until mid-2024, she managed «V-113» LLC, a company whose control was transferred to her in 2023 by Dyminskyi’s daughter, Zhanna Dyminska.
Mykola Kakhnych: He is the applicant for the registration of the «Yabko» trademark (owned by «Intellectual Property» LLC). He also owns the Lviv-based firm «City-Development Group» LLC.
Shared Addresses: «City-Development Group» LLC is registered in the same business center at 6 Danylyshyna Street in Lviv as «V-Retail» LLC, a company owned by the Dyminskyi family. Previously, the two firms even shared the same registered corporate phone number.
Real Estate: Kakhnych’s daughter, Sofiia, owns «D-6» LLC. In 2024, this enterprise took over the assets of the reorganized «TC Magnus» LLC, another commercial property tied to Dyminskyi’s sphere of influence.
The court is currently reviewing the prosecutor’s motion to release the suspect from liability due to the full reimbursement of damages. Meanwhile, Yabko stores continue their retail operations under the newly established corporate entities.