The Prosecutor's Office of the Volyn Region has initiated a criminal case regarding the fact of illegal importation into the customs territory of Ukraine and registration of foreign-made automobiles by the Lutsk MREV of the State Traffic Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Volyn Region, the press service of the regional prosecutor reported. \nA preliminary investigation established that in May-June 2002, the Lutsk MREV of the State Traffic Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Volyn Region registered 15 automobiles of prestigious brands. \nIn order to evade full payment of all taxes and fees provided for by legislation, these vehicles were imported into Ukraine outside customs control, and for their registration at the Lutsk MREV of the State Traffic Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Volyn Region, forged decisions of the Kovel City Court on the confiscation of these vehicles and purchase-sale agreements of the Volyn Interregional Exchange were submitted. \nThe former head of the Lutsk MREV of the State Traffic Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Volyn Region, Serhiy Vlasyuk, acting intentionally, in the interests of third parties, using his official position, contrary to the interests of the service, illegally registered the aforementioned vehicles without payment of payments provided for by legislation and signed and issued certificates of their registration. Some owners of the vehicles, on whose behalf applications were submitted, were at that time outside Ukraine and could not be present during registration. The applications bear the signatures of an unidentified person, without indicating the surname, first name and patronymic, the decision on registration of the vehicle. Verification of the documents that became the basis for registration of the vehicle was not carried out. \nThus, as a result of the unlawful actions of unidentified persons and the former head of the Lutsk MREV of the State Traffic Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Volyn Region, Vlasyuk S.H., 15 foreign-made automobiles were imported into the customs territory of Ukraine by smuggling, which were subsequently legalized through their registration. At the same time, taxes and fees provided for by the legislation of Ukraine were not paid, causing damage to the state in the amount of 554,684 hryvnias. \nThe pre-trial investigation in the case is being conducted by the prosecutor's office of the city of Lutsk. \n