Under the procedural guidance of the Kherson District Prosecutor's Office, the director of a construction company has been notified in absentia of a new suspicion of embezzling budget funds and laundering property obtained through criminal means (Part 5 of Article 191, Part 2 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

According to the investigation, in April 2021, the suspect, leading a construction company from Odesa, received a contract for the capital repair and restoration of the Kherson Regional Art Museum named after Oleksiy Shovkunenko. The contract was concluded with one of the departments of the Kherson Regional State Administration.

In December 2021, he submitted acts with inflated volumes of completed work. Thus, the suspect embezzled budget funds amounting to 28.4 million UAH, and subsequently laundered them by transferring to the accounts of various business entities.

Materials of the pre-trial investigation regarding officials of the Kherson Regional State Administration have been allocated to a separate criminal proceeding and sent for jurisdiction to the NABU.

The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by the Police Department No. 2 of the Kherson District Police Department under the procedural guidance of the Kherson District Prosecutor's Office.

Note: according to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a court verdict.