The National Police of the capital continues to investigate large-scale facts of alleged corruption offenses in the work of the Kyivteploenergo KP. The cases concern overpricing of construction materials, fictitious employment, and the use of dubious contractors. According to law enforcement officers, the losses to the capital's budget reach hundreds of millions of hryvnias. This is reported by the KV .
Fictitious employment
One of the most high-profile cases was the case of fictitious employment in the company's personnel development department. According to the investigation, the director of the personnel management department, Svitlana Strokach, organized a scheme under which two citizens from 2018 to 2022 officially received salaries without showing up for work. In total, the "earnings" of these individuals amounted to more than 3.4 million UAH, and their salary cards were probably in the official's possession. She is charged with embezzlement under Parts 2, 3, 4 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Her subordinate, Bohdan Vorozhbyt, is accused of official negligence - he failed to control the situation, which led to the company losing another 2.5 million UAH.
Overestimated estimates and contractors
Another episode concerns repairs in Troyeschyna, where the cost of hot asphalt concrete mixtures was overstated when restoring asphalt damaged by heating networks. The losses amounted to UAH 916.6 thousand. The head of the budget department of the municipal transport authority, who signed the documents, is held responsible.
Separately, the police are investigating a gigantic contract worth UAH 863.9 million with Eknis LLC for the reconstruction of a strategic heating network facility. Investigators believe that the deal was concluded at inflated prices, and the company has repeatedly appeared in similar schemes.
In parallel, the activities of Avest Bud LLC, which had contracts worth UAH 59.7 million, are being investigated. According to police, the company overestimated prices for materials and withdrew part of the funds through fictitious companies.
In total, at least four criminal proceedings have been opened against Kyivteploenergo. The cases concern both large-scale embezzlement of property (Parts 4–5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code) and official negligence (Article 367 of the Criminal Code).
It is worth recalling that back in 2023, the State Audit Service recorded violations in the company's activities worth UAH 20.28 billion, of which over UAH 3.2 billion were irretrievably lost funds. The largest losses were incurred by heating networks, which remain in critical condition.
Kyivteploenergo is headed by Vyacheslav Bind, the company is subordinate to the Housing and Utilities Department of the Kyiv City State Administration, headed by Dmytro Naumenko. The capital's housing and utilities sector has been overseen by Petro Panteleyev, the deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration, since 2014. Despite numerous revelations, none of the top managers of Kyivteploenergo or the Kyiv City State Administration have actually been held accountable.
The investigation indicates that the schemes at Kyivteploenergo are systemic and multi-level. They combine inflated estimates, the use of controlled contractors and fictitious companies, which allows budget money to be taken out of the shadows.
