During 2019-2021, the management of the plant illegally disposes of mineral resources of national importance.
An indictment was sent to the court against seven officers and officials of the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant (Poltava GOK), which belonged to the fugitive oligarch Konstantin Zhevago. They were accused of stealing more than 370 million hryvnias, the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) reported on Tuesday, September 24.
The investigation determined that in 2019-2021, the management of the plant illegally disposed of mineral resources of national importance. Without a special permit for the use of subsoil, it illegally sold tons of mineral raw materials for almost 80 million Hryvnias.
“They sold them to controlled business entities at a reduced price without the appropriate special permission for the use of subsoil issued for this, the accused sold” to their companies” almost 80 million UAH of raw materials mineral materials at a price of 30-50 UAH per ton,” said the Prosecutor General’s Office.
After that, the enterprises involved in the scheme resold the raw materials, but at 10 times the price. The value of the transaction is more than UAH 380 million.
The accused are charged with possession of other people’s property and proceeds of laundering from crime (Part 5 of Article 191, Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). They face 12 years in prison with confiscation of assets.
Let’s recall that in June 2023, law enforcement officers served suspicions on the leadership of PrJSC Poltava Mining and Processing Plant, which looted almost 400 million UAH. In July of the same year, the court arrested them with the possibility of bail from 2 to 60 million Hryvnias.
The Poltava Mining and Processing Plant is part of the Ferrexpo plc group, controlled by billionaire Konstantin Zhevago. The company occupies a leading position among the world’s producers of high-quality pellets and is a significant rent payer for the use of subsoil for mining.
As you know, in October 2019, the State Bureau of Investigation put Konstantin Zhevago on the wanted list. He is a suspect in the case of embezzlement of UAH 2.5 billion from Finance and Credit Bank. He is also suspected of declaring false information.
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