Article 205. Sham business
1. Sham business, that is the establishment or acquisition of businesses entities (legal entities)
to cover illegal activities or engage in prohibited types of business, shall be punishable by a fine of 300 to 500 tax-free minimum incomes, or restraint of liberty
for a term up to three years.
2. The same acts, if repeated or where they caused a significant pecuniary damage to the
State, a bank, lending institution, other legal entities or citizens, shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of three to five years.
Note: Pecuniary damage inflicted upon individuals is significant where it equals or exceeds
200 tax-free minimum incomes, whereas pecuniary damage inflicted upon the State or a legal
entity is significant where it equals or exceeds 1,000 tax-free minimum incomes.
Article 206. Obstruction of legitimate business activity
1. Obstruction of legitimate business activity, that is unlawful demand to discontinue or
restrain business operations, make a contract or fail to fulfil a concluded contract, if the
fulfillment (or failure to fulfil) of such contract may cause pecuniary damages or derogate
legitimate rights or interests of the person involved in business, and where it involves a threat
of violence in regard of the victim or his close relatives, or a threat to damage or destroy their
property, but is not associated with elements of extortion, shall be punishable by correctional labor for a term up to two years, or restraint of liberty for a
term up to three years.
2. The same actions, if repeated, or committed by a group of persons upon their prior
conspiracy, or combined with a threat of murder or grievous bodily injury, or with violence
not dangerous to life and health, or endamagement or destruction of property, shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of three to five years.
3. Obstruction of legitimate business activity, if committed by an organized group or by an
official through taking advantage of his/her office, or combined with violence dangerous to
life or health, or where it caused a significant damage or any other grave consequences, shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of five to ten years.
Note: Pecuniary damage is significant if it equals or exceeds 500 tax-free minimum incomes.
Article 207. Evasion of repatriation of foreign currency proceeds
1. Willful Evasion, by officials of enterprises, institutions and organizations of any ownership
status or by unincorporated entrepreneurs, of repatriation to Ukraine, within time limits
prescribed law, of any foreign currency proceeds gained from export sale of goods (work,
services), or any other material values acquired for such proceeds, and also willful
concealment in any manner of such proceeds, goods or other material values, shall be punishable by a fine of 600 to 1,000 tax-free minimum incomes, or correctional labor
for a term up to two years, or restraint of liberty for a term up to three years.