At the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine in March 2022, the head of the department of NEC Ukrenergo lobbied for the purchase of body armor at significantly increased prices at the company’s expense.
The VAKS investigative judge applied a preventive measure to an official of the National Energy Company Ukrenergo, who was exposed for embezzling public funds on the purchase of body armor. The SAPO press service reported this on Thursday, July 4.
“As part of the pre-trial investigation, it was established that at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation in March 2022, the head of the department of NEC Ukrenergo lobbied for the purchase of body armor on a large scale. prices were inflated at the expense of the company.
According to the decision of the court, a preventive measure was applied to the violator in the form of bail in the amount of UAH 5 million with the imposition of the corresponding procedural duties.
We remind you that on June 26, 2024, an official of Ukrenergo was notified of suspicion of abuse of office, which resulted in serious consequences. It’s about stealing funds to buy body armor.
Earlier, law enforcement officials exposed a new corruption scheme involving Ukraine’s former Deputy Minister of Defense. We are talking about the purchase of a batch of low-quality body armor for the Armed Forces of Ukraine for more than 948 million hryvnias in 2022.
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Source: korrespondent
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