The leadership of the Zaporizhzhya State Joint Stock Company (JSC) "Ivchenko-Progress", together with representatives of private companies, became a person involved in a large corruption scandal. The investigation found that the scheme of fictitious purchases was appropriated by state funds worth over UAH 120 million. All of these expenses were included in the accounts of companies that had nothing to do with production, but only created the visibility of activity, receiving budget real costs.
Design, production, repair and testing - on paper
JSC "Ivchenko-Progress" is engaged in the design, manufacture, certification, repair and testing of gas turbine engines for aviation and industry. One of the areas of activity of the enterprise is the manufacture of engines for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). These are strategically important technologies that are directly related to the national security of Ukraine, especially in war conditions. However, instead of the development of real production, the management of companies and several related private firms committed a large -scale scam, which caused significant damage to the state budget.
Fictitious companies and fake certificates
In the period from 2021 to 2023, Ivchenko-Progress transferred to the accounts of LLC "PP Carbon" and LLC "UPC Carbon" 120 million hryvnias. 94% of the revenues of these companies were from the Ivchenko-Progress budget, which is a clear sign that they existed only at the expense of public funds. This company has neither production capacity nor qualified personnel. For their "services", they acted as intermediaries, resale products at inflated prices.
The documentation that made the purchases contained data on the supply of goods such as heating elements, a 3D carbon composite stove, a lily pipe cathode, a mine furnace table. However, the check showed that the real market value of these goods was much lower than the prices at which they were purchased by a state -owned enterprise.
In order to avoid tender procedures, Ivchenko-Progress employees actually created the conditions under which only these two companies could put goods. Certificates of quality and origin of products were fake, they were issued on behalf of international companies that did not really supply products. Checking the registration addresses of companies that they were not physically at the specified addresses.
Black Money through Bridge Constabrshn
Not limited to fictitious purchases, Ivchenko-Progress was transferred to the accounts of Bridge Constracts LLC. Officially, this company was engaged in construction, but was actually used as a tool for money laundering. With the help of the smart companies, the funds were transferred through a chain of fictitious firms, which allowed them to hide their true purpose. For example, the funds received for the supply of components could be issued as financial assistance, purchase of materials or payment of dividends.
The total amount of funds that was played through Bridge Constracts was significant. The company participated in tenders through the Prozorro system, winning about 50 tenders in cities such as Dnipro, Boyarka and Cherry. However, in fact, it did not perform the construction work that involved these tenders. The works were performed by other companies, but at much inflated prices.
Detection and lock of accounts
During the investigation, law enforcement officers received general materials of the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine, which confirmed doubtful operations between companies. The tax authorities also assigned the legalization of funds obtained. Currently, Bridzh Constraxchn's accounts have been blocked in several banks, including JSC "EPB", JSC "KB Globus" and JSC "Sens Bank". It is noted that the firm was reissued from Dmitry Passyura to the Dnieper citizen of Kazakhstan Alexei Kamalov.
