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In recent developments, various corruption schemes have been uncovered across Ukraine, involving significant financial misappropriation and fraudulent activities. From low-quality military supplies amounting to UAH 140 million in Dnipropetrovsk to illegal extortion in "Ukrzaliznytsia," officials have been charged with severe offenses. The National Police and SBK have intensified investigations targeting large-scale frauds, including embezzlement in forestry and tax evasion cases causing losses of UAH 56 million. The crackdown extends to the Defense Ministry and Ukrzaliznytsia, highlighting a persistent issue of illegal financial schemes affecting the nation's economy, military, and public trust. These events underscore the ongoing challenges Ukraine faces in combating corruption and ensuring accountability.

What was the scale of fraud in the military clothing supply scandal?

A private company director supplied substandard clothing to a military unit worth UAH 140 million. The SBI has completed a pre-trial investigation into this, highlighting severe procurement fraud issues affecting the military's integrity and resource management.

How did the "Ukrzaliznytsia" officials exploit the ticketing system?

"Ukrzaliznytsia" officials orchestrated a scheme earning millions through unlawful ticket sales, mandating train managers to collect excess fares ranging from 2000 UAH domestically to 5000 euros internationally. This corruption not only affects national revenue but also public trust in transportation services.

What irregularities were found in the forestry industry's financial management?

In Sumy region, forestry officials were involved in a wood fraud amounting to a loss of UAH 11 million. Investigations revealed deep-seated corruption in public resource management, warranting legal action and reforms to mitigate financial mishandling.

Who was involved in the VAT evasion scheme in Dnipropetrovsk?

Former executives of Dnipropetrovsk's State Tax Service aided companies in avoiding VAT payments, resulting in losses exceeding UAH 56 million. This revelation emphasizes the need for stringent tax auditing procedures to prevent government revenue leaks.

What measures are being taken against fraudulent activities in Ukraine's financial sector?

Authorities, including the National Police and SBI, are intensifying efforts to curb fraudulent activities across sectors such as military supplies, ticketing systems, and tax services. Comprehensive investigations and pre-trial proceedings aim to enhance accountability and prevent corruption.

How did the scheme concerning the Ministry of Justice unfold?

A Ministry of Justice employee and accomplice were involved in large-scale fraud in complaint handling by the Office of Countering Raiding. This highlights the systemic vulnerabilities within judicial processes and the pressing need for transparency and compliance checks.

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Supply of low-quality clothing to the Armed Forces of Ukraine Director of company that supplied AFU with low-quality clothing worth UAH 140 million to be tried – SBI. PHOTOS The SBI has completed a pre-trial investigation into the director of a private company that supplied a military unit in the Dnipropetrovsk region with substandard military clothing worth UAH 140 million. 1 969 7

MP bought low-quality clothes for Armed Forces Kirovohrad region city council deputy organised purchase of low-quality clothes for military - SBI. PHOTO SBI officers, in cooperation with the SID of the National Police, served a notice of suspicion to a deputy of one of the city councils of Kirovohrad region and his accomplices, who organised the purchase of clothing for the military of inadequate quality. 1 614 11

Employees of Ukrzaliznytsia suspected of laundering millions of hryvnias on tickets abroad Large-scale scheme of "extortion" on international tickets organised: officials of "Ukrzaliznytsia" were served notice of suspicion. PHOTOS Law enforcement officers served suspicion notices to "Ukrzaliznytsia" officials who earned millions on international tickets. For each flight, the train manager had to bring in a "cash register" - from 2000 hryvnias from the route within Ukraine and from 2000 to 5000 euros from the most popular foreign connections. 6 519 20

Обшуки на УЗ Investigative actions are underway in case of abuses by UZ officials with international passenger transportation, - National Police. PHOTOS The National Police, with the assistance of Ukrzaliznytsia, is conducting investigative actions in the case of officials' abuse of international passenger transportation. 3 954 9

Timber fraud in Sumy region Losses worth UAH 11 million: forestry officials to be tried in Sumy region for wood fraud. PHOTOS The SBI, in cooperation with the SSU, completed a pre-trial investigation into seven heads of agro-forestry enterprises in Sumy region and a former deputy director general of the regional utility "Sumyoblagrolis". 1 674 7

затримання податківців на Дніпропетровщині Losses amounting to over UAH 56 million: former heads of Dnipropetrovsk tax authorities detained for helping companies avoid paying VAT. PHOTOS SBI officers detained and served suspicion notices to former executives of the State Tax Service in Dnipropetrovsk region, who caused losses to the state of at least UAH 56 million. 1 880 9

резервуари для палива Director of company that supplied military unit with low-quality fuel tanks was exposed. This could have lead to accident, - National Police. PHOTO Law enforcement officers exposed the company's director of misappropriating UAH 15 million of state funds on fuel tanks. The contractor supplied one of the military units with inadequate quality aviation fuel storage tanks, which could have led to accidents. The executive could spend the next 12 years behind bars. 2 293 8

Затримали співробітницю Мін’юсту та її спільника за махінації Employee of Ministry of Justice and her accomplice are exposed for machinations with complaints consideration by Office of Countering Raiding The chief specialist of one of the departments of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and her accomplice have been served a notice of suspicion on the fact of fraud committed on a particularly large scale. 1 933 1

безпідставна виплата бойових 4 law enforcement officers who unreasonably accrued more than UAH 2.6 million of combat pay to subordinates will be tried - SBI. PHOTO SBI officers completed a pre-trial investigation into four law enforcement officers from Donetsk region who organised a criminal scheme to unjustifiably charge combat bonuses to their employees. 3 167 21

роман,дмитрів Head of Hirske village council in Dmytriv suspected of fraud with loan money - National Police. PHOTO The head of Hirske village council, Roman Dmytriv, was suspected of fraud with loan money and purchasing a car at an inflated price. 1 292 1 Incidents

сбу SSU: Clandestine call center in Vinnytsia prison, which stole from customers of leading Ukrainian bank, is liquidated. PHOTOS SSU cyber specialists and Cyberpolice officers neutralised a criminal organisation that was massively cheating money from Ukrainian bank cards. 9 618 22 Incidents

армія,харчування Products intended for warriors were sold in shops and restaurants of Kyiv region. Officials of military unit exposed - SBI. VIDEO SBI officers jointly with the SSU exposed officials of one of the military unit in Kyiv region on fraudulent transactions with food for their personnel worth millions of hryvnyas. 98 315 52 Incidents

махінатори Fraudulent procurement of bio-toilets for shelters: Shevchenko District State Administration’s education department to be tried for embezzlement. PHOTOS The Shevchenko District Prosecutor’s Office of Kyiv submitted to the court an indictment against the head and deputy head of the education department of the Shevchenkivskyi District State Administration in Kyiv, as well as an entrepreneur on the fact of embezzlement of budget funds 4 017 39 Incidents

горват Current People’s Deputy Horvat was informed of suspicion of taking over state lands. Damages - more than UAH 123 million, - SAPO On 24 October 2023, on behalf of the head of the SAPO, the prosecutor, with the participation of NABU detectives, served a notice of suspicion to the MP of Ukraine of seizing land plots of more than 320 hectares, which caused the state losses of more than UAH 123 million. 9 294 50 Incidents

коломойський SSU conducts search of Kolomoisky’s house, - mass media (updated). PHOTOS The Security Service of Ukraine is conducting searches at the house of oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky as part of an investigation into fraud in the companies "Ukrtatnafta" and "Ukrnafta". 19 176 89 Incidents

дбр Scheme of large-scale embezzlement of food for military was blocked, - SBI. PHOTOS SBI employees, together with the National Police of Dnipropetrovsk Region and the Department of Military Counterintelligence of the SSU, exposed an organized group that appropriated and resold food products intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 56 036 150 Previously in trend: War

SBU exposes illegal cryptocurrency conversion center. PHOTOS SBU exposes illegal cryptocurrency conversion center. PHOTOS Ukraine's SBU Security Service has halted the work of an international Internet network on money laundering through cryptocurrency instruments, the SBU's press center has reported. 9 094 22 Incidents

Members of parliament may be involved in illegal government bond schemes Members of parliament may be involved in illegal government bond schemes Director of Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) Roman Truba has said the amount of losses from illegal schemes using government domestic loan bonds could amount to tens of millions of the US dollars. 2 773 43 Ukrainian Politics

"Commenting this insanity makes no sense," - Kolomoiskyi on Kroll "Commenting this insanity makes no sense," - Kolomoiskyi on Kroll's report concerning PrivatBank PrivatBank’s former shareholder Ihor Kolomoiskyi called insanity the report on multi-billion dollar frauds prior to the bank’s nationalization made public by the National Bank of Ukraine on Jan. 15. 11 169 256 Previously in trend: Nationalization of Privatbank

набу Krymchak suspected of land appropriation worth more than 3.5 million hryvnia, - NABU Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) have voiced the reason behind the detention of Kyiv City Council member, an ally of ex-mayor of Kyiv Leonid Chernovetskyi Serhii Krymchak and his alleged accomplice. 10 439 19 Ukrainian Politics

каска Indictment against Defense Ministry officials for procurement of helmets and armored vests in 2014-2015 sent to court The Main Military Prosecutor's Office sent to the court the indictments against five former and current officials of the Ministry of Defense and two officials of a business entity, whose actions caused damage to the defense department amounting to more than 34 million UAH ($1.33 million). 9 777 29 Previously in trend: Fighting corruption in Ukraine

антипов Former Luhansk region tax chief Antipov indicted with legalization of illegal revenues, - Military Prosecutor Matios Yesterday, May 30, former chief of Luhansk region tax service Oleksandr Antipov was served another indictment of legalization of income received by criminal means. 11 910 18 Previously in trend: "Taxmen of Klymenko" detained

гпу Ukrainian oligarch Hranovskyi charged with tax evasion, running sham business within case against Tedis Ukraine, - PGO Major Fraud Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine in conjunction with the National Police departments carries out the pre-trial investigation into offenses committed by executives of Ukraine’s major tobacco distributor Megapolis Ukraine LLC (Tedis Ukraine LLC since May 2016). 26 464 25 Incidents

нбу NABU to check National Bank management’s involvement in siphoning off public funds, - Sytnyk The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) detectives raided office of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) under the case filed into siphoning off billions of hryvnia. 15 986 79 Incidents

луценко Massive money laundering, terrorism financing scheme revealed: 1,000 law enforcers conducting searches, - Lutsenko 2.5 billion hryvnia ($92.2 million) has been withdrawn from Ukraine by one of the country's biggest distribution companies, circumventing a National Security Council and central bank's ban. 86 245 129 Ukrainian Politics

тимур нишнианидзе нишнианадзе PGO serves indictment to Georgia’s former Consul Nishnianidze suspected of large-scale embezzlement The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine in conjunction with the Office for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime of the Security Service of Ukraine charged former Consul General of Georgia in Odesa Teimuraz Nishnianidze with large-scale embezzlement of public funds. 40 610 109 Economics

луценко Lutsenko to ask Rada to hold MPs Shufrych, Suprunenko and Konstantinovskyi liable for tax evasion Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yurii Lutsenko has named Ukrainian MPs suspected of tax evasion. 29 812 97 Ukrainian Politics

новолуганское Illegal trafficking and shadow financial arrangements thrive in Novoluhanske, - journalist Novoluhanske, the Luhansk region, is a settlement in the so-called 'grey' area not controlled by Ukraine's government. Pro-Russian militants use this in their interests to conduct dubious activities. Thу situation is discrediting the Ukrainian government, which should solve it by seizing control of the settlement and putting it under Ukrainian Army and the National Guard. 23 102 30 Previously in trend: Anti-Terrorist Operation

банк обыск михайловский Mykhailivskyi Bank chair detained on charges of embezzling 870 million hryvnia, - prosecutor's office. PHOTOS The prosecutor's office of Kyiv is charging the chairman of Mykhailivskyi Bank with the embezzlement of 870 million hryvnia (approx. $34,780). 26 607 38 Incidents

войцеховский Kyiv developer Voitsekhovskyi faces two months in remand jail, bail making 14 million hryvnia Last night, July 16, the Pechersk court remanded developer Anatolii Voitsekhovskyi in a two-month custody with a possibility to place bail in the amount of 14 million hryvnia (approx. $563,461). 28 901 94 Ukrainian Politics

путин алиса харчева Investigation into apartments of Vladimir Putin's lovers causes global hysteria of Kremlin. PHOTOS A murky Russian businessman that formerly ran a state property agency has been buying apartments in Moscow for a number of young women that include the daughter of Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin; Putin’s alleged girlfriend; and a woman who, in a flirty web posting titled “Pussy for Putin,” offers the Russian leader a kitten and praises his leadership skills. 349 316 414 Photo News

Court reinstates NBU ex-deputy head suspected of $2 billion theft The District Administrative Court of Kyiv has invalidated the National Bank order of Oct. 22, 2014 on dismissal of Borys Prykhodko as NBU deputy head and restored him in office. 10 412 87 Previously in trend: Maidan executioners lustration

берцы талан Defense Ministry buys boots for soldiers at inflated prices, - MP Vinnyk The Ministry of Defense continues to use time-proven tender schemes and buys boots at inflated prices. 34 172 219 Ukrainian Politics

саакашвили Candidates in Odesa region are running at local election to engage in corrupt schemes of land distribution – Saakashvili This week, Prosecutor's Office in the Odesa region opened a criminal case against several persons associated with Serhiy Kivalov on the fact of vote buying. 19 018 179 Previously in trend: Odesa Governor Saakashvili

Minister Demchyshyn exposes regional gas and heating administrations' corrupt practices Every year, more than 2 billion cubic meters of low-cost gas for the population were in fact sold to enterprises at market prices. 20 193 66 Ukrainian Politics

соркин SBU in search for former National Bank Head Sorkin and Kurchenko's banker Ahafonov Officers of the Security Service of Ukraine are in search for former National Bank Head Ihor Sorkin and former chairman of board of Real-bank Volodymyr Ahafonov. 4 865 22 Incidents

кивалов Infamous deputy Kivalov to sell "castle of Harry Potter" through heating problems. VIDEO MP and president of the International Humanitarian University Serhii Kivalov wants to initiate sale of the so-called "castle of Harry Potter," belonging to the university, which has been recently intruded by activists from various patriotic organizations. 51 274 204 Ukrainian Politics

SBU searches Center for Education Quality Assessment regional branch after its register was tampered An e-mail of a representative of the Center for Education Quality Assessment administration contained correspondence regarding necessary grades to be put in a record. 81 0 Ukrainian Politics

аваков New dominant names appear in Firtash's Osthem chicanery. There is Kaskiv. There are also questions to Liovochkin and others - Interior Minister Avakov New facts emerge in investigation of criminal proceedings on the facts of fraud by Ostchem corporation. 50 716 53 Ukrainian Politics

махинации Interior Ministry exposes schemes of state coal sale under leadership of son of former Donetsk region governor. PHOTOS Interior Ministry Operational Group has stopped activities of a criminal group led by the son of the former Party of Regions MP, ex-governor of the Donetsk region, Oleksii Blyzniuk. 52 703 97 Incidents