Prosecutors of the Podil and Dnipro District Prosecutor's Offices of Kyiv have reported suspicions against six officials of the capital's communal enterprises for embezzlement of budget funds.

According to the investigation, five officials from the communal enterprises "SHEU" in five districts of the capital – Darnytskyi, Solomianskyi, Holosiivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, and Desnianskyi – are suspected of misappropriating funds for salaries and paying the Unified Social Contribution (USC) due to fictitious timekeeping of employees.

It has been established that the suspects, knowing that some of their subordinates were engaged in road works on Kyrylivska Street in the Podil district and were not physically present at their main workplaces, entered false information into the timekeeping records. As a result, employees were formally working simultaneously in two places, leading to an overspending of funds amounting to nearly 1.6 million hryvnias.

Under the procedural guidance of the Podil District Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv, five officials have been notified of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 366, and Part 4 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. This concerns:

•       the foreman of the KP "SHEU of Darnytskyi District";

•       the acting head of the KP "SHEU of Solomianskyi District";

•       the heads of the KP "SHEU" of Holosiivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, and Desnianskyi districts.

The suspects have been detained.

At the same time, under the procedural guidance of the Dnipro District Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv, the deputy head of the bridges and overpasses department of the capital construction management of the KP "Kyivavtodor" has been notified of suspicion.

The investigation has established that the suspect approved the purchase of sand at a significantly inflated price for emergency works on the Metro Bridge over the Dnipro River. This caused losses to the communal enterprise amounting to over 900 thousand hryvnias.

The actions of the suspect have been qualified under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – embezzlement of budget funds in particularly large amounts. She has also been detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.

The sanctions for the incriminated articles provide for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 12 years, with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions and confiscation of property.

Pre-trial investigations are being conducted by investigators of the National Police of Ukraine in Kyiv, with operational support from the Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine.

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 guilty verdict of the court.