Corruption in the energy sector: new suspicions in the case of embezzlement at Kharkivoblenergo announced
Kyiv • UNN
Law enforcement officers served suspicion notices to two more members of the organized group in the case of embezzlement at Kharkivoblenergo JSC. The total amount of losses and attempted embezzlement is over UAH 132.5 million.
Law enforcement officers have served two more members of the organized group with a notice of suspicion in the case of millions of embezzlement of funds of Kharkivoblenergo JSC during the purchase of power equipment. These are the Director for General Affairs of Kharkivoblenergo JSC and the head of another commercial enterprise. This was reported by UNN with reference to the SAPO.
As UNN has learned, citing its sources, Dmytro Myrnyi, Director for General Affairs of Kharkivoblenergo JSC, was suspected.
Under the procedural supervision of the SAPO, NABU detectives served suspicion notices to two more members of the 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 transformer equipment and electrical measuring devices
The actions of the Director for General Affairs of Kharkivoblenergo JSC and the head of another commercial enterprise are qualified under Part 5 of Art. 191 and Part 3 of Art. 15, Part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
There are currently 7 suspects in this case.
The pre-trial investigation 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, to systematically misappropriate the company's funds on a particularly large scale.
Between April and September 2021, the head of Kharkivoblenergo JSC ensured that two "right" 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 their turn, in accordance with the tasks and assigned roles, the head of the Kharkiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry department and the private appraiser, acting in the interests of future winners, ensured that the expected value of procurement was deliberately overestimated.
Partial fulfillment of these contracts in 2021-2022 caused losses of UAH 12.5 million to Kharkivoblenergo, as this is the amount of money transferred for the supply of transformers and meters at inflated prices.
"The intentions to seize the rest of the funds, namely UAH 120 million, were thwarted after the introduction of martial law and the investigation by NABU detectives," the NABU said.
It has now been established that the criminal group included the acting Chairman of the Board of JSC Kharkivoblenergo (2020-2024); Director for General Affairs of JSC Kharkivoblenergo; Head of the Material Support Department of JSC Kharkivoblenergo and 2 heads of a commercial enterprise, who involved the Head of the Department of the Kharkiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a private appraiser as accomplices.
Recall
The former acting Chairman of the Board of JSC Kharkivoblenergo and four other members of the criminal organization were served a notice of suspicion of embezzlement of over UAH 12.5 million and attempted embezzlement of another UAH 120 million of JSC Kharkivoblenergo funds during the purchase of power equipment.
As UNN has learned from its own sources, this is the acting chairman of the board of Kharkivoblenergo JSC (2020-2024), Konstantin Logvinenko.