Management companies, who believe that they embezzled 95 million hryvnias during the organization of the purchase of transformers for "Ukrzaliznytsia", were extradited from Bulgaria to Ukraine. This was reported by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).
It is about the head of the company, which illegally won the tender for the supply of power transformers with inflated prices during the years 2022-2024.
After the scheme was exposed in April 2024, the suspect was put on an international wanted list. She was detained in the fall of 2024 in Bulgaria, where Ukraine's extradition request was subsequently granted. The handover took place at the international automobile checkpoint "Ustylug - Zosin" in the Volyn region.
Transfer of the suspect in embezzlement of UAH 95 million from Ukrzaliznytsia. Photo: NABU
Upon her arrival in Ukraine, she was placed in custody with bail in the amount of UAH 9.9 million.
A case of embezzlement
In April 2024, NABU and SAP exposed the embezzlement scheme of Ukrzaliznytsia. The organized group, headed by the former freelance adviser to the deputy head of the Office of the President Artem Shil, took possession of UAH 94.8 million of the state company.
The investigation established that during the tender the prices for transformers were artificially inflated, which made it possible to illegally appropriate a significant amount. In total, 10 members of the organized group were suspected, including a former adviser to the OP and an employee of the SBU.
As part of the investigation, the court arrested:
- UAH 54 million in bank accounts of the supplier company;
- immovable and movable property of the suspects.
