81 million hryvnias were embezzled from procurement of shelters for schools and military, - Prosecutor General. PHOTO
Law enforcement agencies have uncovered several schemes involving the embezzlement of public funds during the procurement and construction of shelters for educational establishments and military facilities. The total amount of losses identified stands at 81 million hryvnias.
According to Censor.NET, this was announced by Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko.
A scheme worth 47 million hryvnias has been uncovered in the Dnipropetrovsk and Chernihiv regions
According to Kravchenko, an organised group has been exposed in a single criminal investigation; according to the investigation, the group embezzled 47 million hryvnias during the procurement of shelters for educational institutions and military facilities in the Dnipropetrovsk and Chernihiv regions.
The investigation established that tenders were rigged in favour of companies under their control, structures that did not meet state standards were supplied, forged certificates were used, and mandatory control procedures were circumvented.
Charges have been brought against four members of the organised group and six local government officials, whose official negligence, according to the investigation, enabled this scheme to be carried out.
A further 34 million hryvnias in losses were uncovered in two regions
Separately, law enforcement agencies have uncovered similar cases of embezzlement of public funds during the construction and procurement of shelters in the Chernivtsi and Poltava regions.
According to the Prosecutor General, the losses to the state in these two regions amount to a further 34 million hryvnias.
"Thus, based solely on the recently uncovered facts, the total amount of losses amounts to 81 million hryvnias," noted Kravchenko.
He added that the pre-trial investigation is ongoing, and law enforcement agencies are establishing all the circumstances and identifying everyone involved.
