In the Kharkiv region, a scheme of theft of almost one billion hryvnias in the construction of bomb shelters and fortifications was exposed. At the center of the scam is a private company of LLC "Project Alliance", which received contracts without open bidding, at inflated prices, and often - without the proper quality of work.
Project Alliance LLC is a person involved in dozens of contracts totaling more than UAH 987 million, most of which relate to the construction of shelters in martial law. Almost all of these agreements were concluded under the simplified procedure without real competition.
The key role in the scheme is played by Andriy Kolos, a former deputy of the City Council, an extent of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, and now - a member of the executive committee of the City Council. Through controlled legal entities, he coordinates access to the most lazy contracts, including those funded from the defense budget.
The most suspicion is the cost of building materials in the estimates. For example:
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concrete B30 is laid at 6 600 UAH/m³, although the market price is about 4,000;
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rubble - 4 900 UAH/m³ against the usual 900-1 200 UAH;
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The bracket - 117 thousand UAH per unit, while on the market it can be bought for 200 UAH.
On the example of only a few positions, the overpayment amounted to at least UAH 8 million.
In practice, erected structures are often unusable. It is known about cracks in fortifications, collapsed ceilings, covered trenches, lack of ventilation. In Krasnograd and Twins, where shelters cost more than UAH 150 million, communities refuse to take them on balance because of gross violations.
Project Alliance has often turned out to be the sole participant of tenders or received additional agreements to the main contract - also without competition. This scheme allows you to unimpeded the volume and cost of work.
Despite large -scale violations, law enforcement agencies and local authorities do not take measures. No one has carried any criminal liability for the waste of almost a billion defense funds.
