The State Bureau of Investigation, together with the Lviv Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Defense, exposed a group of servicemen of the State Border Service of Ukraine who organized an illegal scheme to receive payments totaling UAH 5.3 million.
According to the rulings of the Lychakiv District Court of Lviv, an officer of the financial and economic department of one of the border detachments, responsible for accounting, developed a scheme to misappropriate budget funds intended for payments to the military. He involved six more servicemen in the scheme, including two majors, a captain, a lieutenant, and sergeants.
According to the investigation, from November 2024 to April 2025, the group members transferred unfounded payments to their personal bank accounts. They transferred part of the funds received to the organizer, who eventually received about UAH 3.1 million. They kept the rest of the money for themselves.
All the persons involved in the case who participated in the scheme were informed of suspicion under Part 5 of Article 27 and Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - misappropriation of property in particularly large amounts by abuse of official position. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
It is known that several border guards have already been given a preventive measure - detention with the right to post bail and release from pre-trial detention.
