The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus, together with the Department of Financial Investigations of the State Control Committee, has stopped the illegal activities of representatives of the company "Bayer" related to tax evasion.

The investigative findings indicate that the managers of the foreign companies "Bayer" and JSC "BAYER", with the assistance of other persons, from January 2020 to March 2026, organized and carried out entrepreneurial activities without registering a permanent representative office of the said company for the implementation in the territory of Belarus of funds for agrochemical protection of plants and pharmaceuticals, which constituted a direct violation of current legislation. To cover up the illegal activities, they created LLC "Bayer VR" and a number of foreign company representative offices. The suspects ignored the fact that the funds received are subject to taxation and evaded tax payments in total for an amount of more than 50 million rubles. At the same time, during the criminal activity, more than 1.35 billion rubles were transferred from Belarusian accounts by the "Bayer" group.

In the framework of the criminal case investigation, 10 people were detained. Among them are citizens of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. To 7 suspects, a measure of restraint in the form of arrest in custody was applied. Their actions were qualified by investigators under Article 243 (tax evasion) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus.

During the conduct of urgent investigative actions, irrefutable evidence of the involvement of all suspects in the commission of crimes was obtained.