Corruption in the energy sector: ex-executive of Kharkivoblenergo is served with a notice of suspicion
Kyiv • UNN
The former acting chairman of the board of JSC Kharkivoblenergo and 4 other persons were served with a notice of suspicion of misappropriation of UAH 12.5 million. The group also attempted to misappropriate another UAH 120 million of the company's funds during the purchase of equipment.
The former acting chairman of the board of Kharkivoblenergo JSC and four other members of the criminal organization were served notice of suspicion of embezzlement of more than UAH 12.5 million and attempted embezzlement of another UAH 120 million of Kharkivoblenergo JSC funds during the purchase of power equipment. UNN reports this with reference to the SAPO.
As UNN learned from its own sources, this is the acting chairman of the board of Kharkivoblenergo JSC (2020-2024), Konstantin Logvinenko.
Under the procedural supervision of SAPO prosecutors, NABU detectives exposed and stopped the activities of a criminal group involved in the embezzlement of over UAH 12.5 million and attempted embezzlement of another UAH 120 million of funds of Kharkivoblenergo JSC during the purchase of power equipment, namely transformer equipment and electrical measuring devices
The group reportedly included:
- Acting Chairman of the Board of JSC Kharkivoblenergo (2020-2024);
- Head of the material support department of JSC Kharkivoblenergo;
- Head of Department at the Kharkiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
- to a private appraiser;
- to the head of a commercial enterprise.
Currently, they have been served a notice of suspicion under Part 3 of Art. 27, Part 5 of Art. 191 and Part 3 of Art. 15, Part 3 of Art. 27, Part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
It is noted that as part of the pre-trial investigation, it was established that in 2021, the acting CEO of Kharkivoblenergo JSC, in collusion with a person who controlled a number of commercial enterprises supplying power equipment, created an organized group, which also included other employees of the company, with the aim of systematically seizing the company's funds on a particularly large scale.
During April-September 2021, the head of Kharkivoblenergo JSC ensured that two “necessary” companies were selected as winners of procurement of services for the supply of 11,904 units of transformer equipment and 79,425 units of electrical measuring devices (meters and auxiliary equipment) at a cost overstated by UAH 132.5 million. In turn, in accordance with the tasks and assigned roles, the head of the Kharkiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry department and the appraiser, acting in the interests of future winners, ensured the formation of a deliberately inflated expected value of procurement
It is also reported that the partial fulfillment of these contracts during 2021-2022 caused losses of UAH 12.5 million to Kharkivoblenergo JSC, as this is the amount of money transferred for the supply of transformers and meters at inflated prices.
Intentions to seize another part of the funds, namely UAH 120 million, were thwarted after the introduction of martial law and investigative actions by NABU detectives
The SAPO notes that as of today, two co-organizers of the criminal group have been detained in accordance with Art. 208 of the CPC of Ukraine. The issue of applying preventive measures to them is being decided.
