A chief accountant in Kyiv has been exposed for systematically embezzling money from a private company for more than a year. According to the capital's prosecutor's office, the total amount of losses exceeds 8.5 million hryvnias.
The investigation established that the woman, using the trust of management and having access to financial accounts, repeatedly transferred company funds to her own bank account from May 2024 to July 2025. At first, the amounts were insignificant, but when the accountant realized that the shortage was not being noticed, she began to increase the transfers.
She spent the money she received on her own needs - buying clothes, household appliances, and an apartment that she rented with the right to buy out. The criminal was exposed when it turned out that the company was unable to pay for equipment purchased abroad.
A pre-trial investigation is currently underway. The woman has been charged with embezzlement of property through abuse of office and money laundering. She faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property and a ban on holding certain positions.
