MOSCOW, April 25 (RAPSI) – A criminal case against a businessman charged with tax evasion totaling to 2.1 billion rubles ($34 million) has been forwarded to a court in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria for hearing, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office reports Wednesday.

According to investigators, CEO of Orion company reduced amount of excise duty and value-added tax to be payable to the budget from 2013 to 2015. Thus, he avoided paying taxes worth over 2.1 billion rubles.

An interdistrict tax office has filed a lawsuit to collect this sum from the defendant, the statement reads.