KYIV. Aug 23 – The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) accused Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash of running illegal tax evasion operation via a number of shell companies on the insurance market.

"In 2015-2017, members of the organized criminal group organized some shell companies and affiliated insurance companies aiming at embezzlement of funds and evade paying taxes by some enterprises… part of Group DF of Dmytro Firtash. The above-mentioned enterprises and insurance companies private joint-stock company Salamandra-Ukraine and private joint-stock company DIM Insurance signed the insurance agreements under which fake insurance premiums were paid to the insurers. Definitely unnecessary insurance events were insured, which would never take place, and members of the criminal group knew about it," the PGO said.