Under the procedural guidance of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, an indictment has been sent to court against the director of the communal enterprise of the Kryvyi Rih City Council and nine other participants of the criminal organization he created.

They are accused of embezzling budget funds through abuse of office in particularly large amounts, creating and leading a criminal organization, participating in it, as well as official forgery (Part 3 of Article 27, Part 4 of Article 28, Part 5 of Article 191, Parts 1 and 2 of Article 255, Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The investigation established that the director of the communal enterprise developed a mechanism for the illegal appropriation of funds allocated from the local budget for the maintenance of cemeteries, transportation of the bodies of deceased servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and landscaping in Kryvyi Rih.

He involved heads of departments of the executive committee and communal enterprises of the city council, directors of private companies, entrepreneurs, and an accountant in the criminal organization.

In 2023–2024, the controlled enterprises became winners of tenders, after which they signed contracts for the performance of works and the provision of services. Subsequently, the participants submitted false information in the documentation about the volumes of work, inflated the cost of services and materials, including the transportation of the bodies of deceased soldiers.

The funds received were transferred to the accounts of the companies, after which the participants of the organization distributed them among themselves. The total amount of losses to the local budget amounted to about 6 million UAH.

During nearly 80 authorized searches at the places of residence and work of the accused, more than 1 million UAH, 68 thousand USD, 28 thousand euros in cash, mobile phones, bank cards, computer equipment, cars, documentation, and rough notes were seized.

The pre-trial investigation was conducted by investigators of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Dnipropetrovsk region with operational support from the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police of Ukraine.