The DBI reported suspicions to a Lviv businessman, one of the largest suppliers to the Ministry of Defense, and members of a criminal organization that caused damage to the state budget of Ukraine of almost a billion hryvnia.
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The SBI press service reported this today, January 17.
The RBC-Ukraine agency, citing sources in law enforcement agencies, reported that we are talking about Lvov businessman Igor Grinkevich and his son Roman in particular.
The DBI notes that the suspects were exposed in transactions involving the purchase of clothing and linen for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It was established that the entrepreneur created a criminal organization for the illegal seizure of budget funds. He entered into agreements with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense for the supply of low-quality military clothing. In particular, the Lviv businessman’s companies entered into 23 contracts to supply the Ministry of Defense with clothing worth more than UAH 1.5 billion, the department notes.
During the investigation it was established that:
- enterprises controlled by the businessman that were previously engaged in construction and did not have adequate production, warehouse and other facilities for the production and storage of clothing for the needs of the Ministry of Defense were involved in the implementation of defense orders;
- According to the examinations carried out, the state suffered damage of more than UAH 934 million.
It is noted that five members of a criminal organization were informed of suspicion of creating and participating in a criminal organization and of taking over someone else’s property through abuse of trust (fraud), committed under martial law, on an especially large scale, by a criminal organization (Part 5 of Art. 190 and part 1 and part 2 of article 255 of the Criminal Code).
Members of the criminal organization have been detained and the issue of choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention is currently being decided, the DBI notes. — The sanctions of the articles provide for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of up to 12 years with confiscation of property.
DBI investigators are identifying the full range of persons involved in the criminal offense, including checking information regarding officials of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the department adds.
Source: Racurs
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