Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (DBR) revealed a large -scale corruption scheme in the system of logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Officials of the apartment and operational department (KEV) Lugansk and their accomplices caused losses in the amount of more than UAH 101 million, organizing an illegal scheme of fuel timber purchases for the army.
The scheme was organized by the former head of Lugansk, involving it:
- two current officials of the unit located in the Dnieper,
- a former CEV employee,
- private entrepreneur.
They made purchases of fuel wood at significantly inflated prices, avoiding open bidding. Instead of official suppliers, they used accounts of 35 individuals-entrepreneurs who were under their control.
As a result, 47 facts of such purchases with significant overpayments were identified. The attackers attributed the difference between the real value of the goods and the allocated budgetary funds.
Law enforcement officers conducted 28 searches during which documents, computer equipment and mobile phones confirming the criminal activity of the group were seized. The participants of the scheme are charged with the seizure of someone else's property in particularly large sizes, abusing their official position.
According to the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the actions of the suspects are qualified under the following articles:
- Part 3 of Art. 27,
- Part 5 of Art. 27,
- Part 5 of Art. 191.
The sanction provides up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The purchase of timber proved not only illegal but also critically inflated. It not only hit the budget, but could also jeopardize the efficiency of the Armed Forces in war.
The participants of the scheme are accused of conscious damage to the state in the conditions of martial law. DBR continues the investigation to find other involved persons.
