Ex-managers of SSU economic unit exposed on fuel fraud

Ex-managers of SSU economic unit exposed on fuel fraud

Ex-law enforcement officers organized a scheme to steal funds allocated for the purchase of fuel for the needs of the special service in 2022. They entered into contracts for the purchase of fuels and lubricants for official cars and armored vehicles of the Security Service at inflated prices. They face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.

This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine.

The Main Department of Internal Security and investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine, in cooperation with NABU and the UCP, exposed a scheme to steal funds allocated for the purchase of fuel for the needs of the special service in 2022.

The former head of the Economic Support Department and the first deputy were involved in organizing the transaction. Both were previously dismissed from their positions on the initiative of the Chairman of the SSU Vasyl Malyuk.

During the pre-trial investigation and lengthy examinations, it was established that the defendants organized the purchase of fuels and lubricants for official cars and armored vehicles of the Security Service at artificially inflated prices.

To do this, the ex-officials attracted several controlled commercial structures from Kyiv involved in trading in petroleum products.

In order to implement transactions, they entered false information into financial, economic and reporting documentation.

Thus, more than UAH 26 million in damage was caused to SSU units. During searches in the apartments of the defendants, more than 11 million hryvnia equivalent was found.

Also, during the investigative actions, unregistered weapons were seized at the residence addresses and offices of the heads of affiliated companies. Among the items discovered were live grenades, submachine guns, a hand grenade launcher, a combat pistol and more than half a thousand rounds of ammunition for firearms.

Based on the collected materials, Security Service investigators informed the ex-officials of suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

• Part 5 Art. 191 (consumption of someone else’s property by an official’s abuse of his official position, committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons, under martial law, on an especially large scale);

• Part 1 Art. 114-1 (obstruction of the legitimate activities of other military formations - the Security Service of Ukraine during a special period).

The issue of choosing a preventive measure for the defendants is being decided.

The ex-officials face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.