The Office of the Prosecutor General discovered new schemes to steal money for the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Office of the Prosecutor General discovered new schemes to steal money for the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Employees of apartment maintenance departments and representatives of commercial structures in almost all regions of Ukraine were involved in the theft of funds.

Law enforcement officers conducted a large-scale special operation to expose the organizers and participants of criminal schemes to steal budget funds allocated to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Office of the Prosecutor General announced this on Friday, July 19.

It is indicated that as a result of the actions of the attackers, the state suffered losses of more than 138 million hryvnia. And employees of apartment maintenance departments together with representatives of commercial structures in almost all regions of Ukraine were involved in the theft of funds. Individual officials have also been exposed for negligence in military service and illegal enrichment.

Suspicion was reported to 30 persons, of which 15 were members of organized criminal groups.

The suspects include 3 heads of housing and maintenance departments in Kharkiv, Mykolaiv and Dnipro regions, 7 heads of housing and maintenance departments in Kropyvnytskyi, Chernihiv, Lviv, Prykarpattia, Zhytomyr, Volyn and Luhansk regions, as well as representatives of commercial structures.

The officials are accused of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds during the purchase at inflated prices of fuel wood for defense needs, electricity, natural gas, furniture for the army, construction work on military infrastructure facilities, as well as abuse of official position, negligent attitude towards military service, creation, management of criminal organization and participation in it

One of the suspects, the head of the regional KEU, was charged with the illegal acquisition of assets in the amount of 11.7 million hryvnia in the form of commercial property, land plots, other funds and things through registering them in the name of a trusted person.

As part of the investigation, law enforcement officers conducted more than 70 searches in the premises of structural divisions of territorial economic management institutions and enterprises throughout Ukraine.

The issue of choosing preventive measures for the suspect is currently being decided.