A large-scale operation was conducted to expose criminal schemes related to embezzlement of UAH 138 million allocated for the needs of the Armed Forces
Officials are accused of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds during purchases at inflated prices.
The Prosecutor General’s Office reported on the implementation of a large-scale special operation aimed at exposing criminals who embezzled more than 138 million hryvnias allocated for the needs of the army. Law enforcement officers have already conducted 70 searches and notified 30 employees throughout Ukraine about the suspicion. According to data the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office, employees of the Prosecutor General’s Office, SBU, SBU, National Police, Office of Strategic Investigations, as well as the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense were involved in the special operation.
“The total amount of losses to the state is more than 138 million hryvnias. The employees of apartment and operation units together with representatives of commercial structures in almost all regions of Ukraine were involved in the embezzlement of funds. Individual officials were also exposed for negligent attitude to military service and illegal enrichment“, the Prosecutor General’s Office noted.
Among the suspects are three heads of apartment management departments in Kharkiv, Mykolaiv Oblast and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, as well as 7 heads of apartment management departments in Kropyvnytskyi, Chernihiv, Lviv, Prykarpattia, Zhytomyr Oblast, Volyn and Luhansk Oblast. The list of suspects also includes representatives of commercial structures.
Officials are accused of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds during purchases at inflated prices of firewood for defense needs, electricity, natural gas, furniture for the army, as well as construction work on military infrastructure facilities. Other charges include abuse of office, neglect of military service, creation and management of and participation in a criminal organization.
In addition, one of the heads of the regional KEV is charged with illegal acquisition of assets in the amount of 11.7 million hryvnias in the form of commercial property, land plots and other means through their registration in the name of a trusted person. Now the question of choosing precautionary measures for the suspects is being decided.
