Prosecutors of the Chernivtsi regional and district prosecutor's offices, together with law enforcement officers, uncovered facts that caused the state losses of nearly 19 million UAH. Eighteen individuals are under suspicion.

Smuggling and embezzlement of timber products

• The director of a private logging company attempted to export prohibited timber to Romania, misrepresenting it as "firewood for non-industrial production." 
• The forest master of the "Podilskyi Forestry Office" branch of the State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine" embezzled timber products worth 150,000 UAH.

Financial abuses at state enterprises

• An official of the Bukovinian State Agricultural Research Station of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine undervalued the prices of soybean and rapeseed seeds. The losses to the state exceed 5.1 million UAH.
• The management of the State Enterprise "Enterprise of the State Criminal Enforcement Service of Ukraine (No. 67)" sold products at undervalued prices, causing losses to the state of over 3.1 million UAH.

Corruption in tenders and dubious purchases

• The acting director of the municipal enterprise misused 7.3 million UAH of budget funds for non-targeted purposes.
• A public procurement specialist of the village council facilitated the victory of a predetermined participant in open tenders. Over 1.4 million UAH of budget funds were embezzled.
• The acting director of the transport and economic service group purchased generators at inflated prices, resulting in losses of 800,000 UAH.

False declarations and illegal payments

• A village council deputy did not declare real estate and land worth over 4.4 million UAH.
• The former head of the village council unjustifiably awarded herself nearly 100,000 UAH in bonuses.

Disability for hire and "removal from search" for money

• The former head of the inter-district multidisciplinary medical and social expert commission, a former family doctor, and five intermediaries arranged for fictitious disabilities for over 30 conscription-age men. The cost of the documentation packages ranged from 3,000 to 12,000 USD. Currently, the investigation is checking over 600 similar cases.
• The deputy head of the district military administration promised to resolve the issue of removing a conscript from the search in the electronic register "Oberih" for 500 USD and to organize a referral for additional examination by the military medical commission to confirm the "necessary" diagnosis and obtain a deferment from conscription.

Tax abuses

• The deputy head of one of the departments of the State Tax Service in the Chernivtsi region removed an entrepreneur's declaration from the register, allowing the individual entrepreneur to evade payment of the single tax of over 460,000 UAH.

Depending on the committed crimes, the actions of the suspects have been qualified under Articles 15, 201-1, 210, 191, 364, part 2 of Article 28, 114-1, 332, part 5 of Article 27, 358, 367, 369-2, and 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.          

Requests for the selection of preventive measures and their suspension from office will be submitted to the courts.

• The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Chernivtsi region, the Territorial Administration of the State Bureau of Investigation located in the city of Khmelnytskyi, the Territorial Administration of the Bureau of Economic Security in the Chernivtsi region, and the Security Service of Ukraine in the Chernivtsi region, with operational support from the Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine and the Chernivtsi Department of the Internal Security 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 accordance with the law and established by a guilty verdict of the court.