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New facts of budget and abuse of power and office have been exposed in Kyiv region

Prosecutors of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office have reported suspicions against 42 individuals, including deputies, officials of local government bodies, heads of state and municipal institutions, and contracting organizations. 

The total damages amount to over 468 million UAH. An additional 176 thousand UAH is considered unlawful profit.

For abuse of power and official position, the following individuals have been reported as suspects:

– one of the leaders of the State Enterprise "ChAES," who unjustifiably awarded bonuses to himself and other employees, causing damages of 5.2 million UAH;

– the head of one of the departments of the Brovary City Council's executive committee and the director of a private company - suspected of abusing their official position and falsifying reports on the value of land plots during their sale. Damages amount to 1.5 million UAH;

– the director of a state enterprise of the NAAN institute for abusing his official position to alienate a service apartment. Damages exceed 1 million UAH;

– the director, chief accountant, head of the stroke department, and medical director of one of the hospitals in Obukhiv - in monthly reports, they indicated data on services provided under the financing program from the NHIF, which were not actually provided. Damages to the state budget exceed 6.2 million UAH;

– the deputy head of the Hostomel village military administration, the head of the department, and the former head of the Hostomel SVA, a member of the commission for facts of abuse of official position during the allocation of compensation for housing destroyed as a result of hostilities, and an expert for facilitating this crime. The essence is that the object for which compensation was agreed upon was not only not destroyed but also did not fall under the compensation program, as it is non-residential. The amount of damages is over 7.8 million UAH;

– the chief accountant of a state institution - abuse of official position during procurement caused damages of over 2.2 million UAH;

– the chief physician (at the time of the crime - deputy chief physician) of a state institution - abuse during procurement: the winner of the tender for the supply of pharmaceutical products was determined to be the "necessary" company, which supplied goods at inflated prices. Damages exceed 1.2 million UAH;

– the state cadastral registrar of the State Geocadastre in the Kyiv region - abusing his official position, made unlawful changes to the land books regarding the coordinates of land plot boundaries, causing damages of over 1.1 million UAH;

– the former head of the State Emergency Service in the Kyiv region, who, abusing his official position, entered false information into the acts of completed works for the construction of a fire depot, which led to the misappropriation of budget funds amounting to over 3.6 million UAH.

For the misappropriation of budget funds for non-existent shelters and food fraud in schools, the following individuals have been criminally charged:

– the director of the Lyceum of the Bila Tserkva City Council, who is suspected of signing acceptance acts for civil protection shelters of inadequate quality, causing damages of over 5.1 million UAH;

– a deputy of the Bila Tserkva City Council, who is also the director of a municipal lyceum-gymnasium, like the aforementioned suspect, accepted a civil protection shelter of inadequate quality. The amount of damages is over 5 million UAH;

– a similar situation occurred with the chief specialist of the Department of Education and Science of the Bila Tserkva City Council, authorized for procurement - abuse of official position during the procurement of shelters. Damages to the city council amount to 4 million UAH;

– the head of a contracting organization, who has been suspected of illegal enrichment at the expense of budget funds allocated for the arrangement of a shelter in a kindergarten. Damages amount to nearly half a million UAH;

– a deputy of the Bila Tserkva City Council, who is also the head of the Department of Education of the same council, and a supplier. Suspected of misappropriating 2 million UAH of the local budget during the procurement of food products for educational institutions of the Bila Tserkva City Council. The official and the supplier organized a scheme that allowed them to deliver different products than those stipulated in the contract;

– the secretary of the Hatne Village Council of the Fastiv District. He received a suspicion for complicity in an attempt to misappropriate 800 thousand UAH during the conclusion of a contract for the supply of equipment for the food block of the lyceum at an inflated price;

– the director of the housing and communal production enterprise of the Malovilshanska Village Council of the Bila Tserkva District, the director of a contracting company, and a technical supervision engineer are suspected of misappropriating budget funds during the procurement of building materials for the construction of water supply networks at inflated prices. Damages amount to 2.2 million UAH;

For fraud involving property, land, and causing environmental damage, the following individuals have been reported as suspects:

– the former head of Dudarkiv Village received a suspicion for the gratuitous transfer of communal lands into private ownership, causing damages of 907 thousand UAH;

– a state registrar is suspected of entering false information into the register of property rights, as a result of which recreational land was unlawfully removed from communal ownership. Damages amount to over 20.7 million UAH;

– a suspicion has been issued for the fact of misappropriation by an individual through deception using a forged state act of a land plot. Damages amount to 186 million UAH;

– the head of a public organization, who at the time of the crime was a deputy of the Velykodimerska Village Council, under the guise of constructing a fire reservoir on land plots of 4.88 hectares in the territory of the village of Zalissia in the Kyiv region, using his official position organized the illegal extraction of sand in the volume of 41,573 cubic meters. He had no permits. Damages caused amount to 66.5 million UAH;

– the director of a company received a suspicion for illegally occupying a land plot of 13.5 hectares in the protected zones of the reserve. Damages exceed 13 million UAH;

– the director of another company is suspected of illegal logging in the territory of the Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, causing damages of 77.5 million UAH;

– 3 individuals are suspected of forging official documents and subsequently using them to misappropriate a 7.276-hectare land plot of the water fund of communal ownership. Damages inflicted on the Ukrainian City Council amount to 50.4 million UAH;

– an engineer of the forestry of the "Dymerske Forestry" branch of the State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine" through his official negligence led to the illegal logging of 137 pines, causing damage to the state amounting to 1.12 million UAH.

– an inspector for the protection of the natural reserve fund of the "Bilozerky" National Park allowed the illegal logging of oaks in the park. Damages amount to 4.023 million UAH.

In addition, for receiving unlawful benefits, a suspicion has been reported against the former first deputy of the Myronivka City Mayor - now a deputy of the Obukhiv District Council and three other individuals for abuse of influence and receiving unlawful benefits exceeding 160 thousand UAH. The official organized a scheme and systematically demanded money from subordinates for awarding them a bonus of 250% of their salary. Additionally, he is suspected of misappropriating budget funds for the production of a video for the tourist promotion of the city. A payment of 50 thousand UAH was made, but the video was never produced. 

The actions of the suspects have been qualified under articles 28, 191, 197-1, 240, 246, 358, 362, 364, 366, 368, 369, 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Prosecutors have prepared a motion for the selection of preventive measures and the suspension of the suspects from their positions.

Pre-trial investigations in criminal proceedings are conducted under the procedural guidance of prosecutors of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office in cooperation with the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kyiv region, the Territorial Department of the State Bureau of Investigation located in Kyiv, the Criminal Investigation Department of the National Police in the Kyiv region, the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, the Internal Security Department of the National Police of Ukraine, the Territorial Department of the Bureau of Economic Security in the Kyiv region, and the Cyber Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine. 

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 guilty verdict of the court.