Embezzled over UAH 3.5 million of "combat" payments: commander of a military unit in Donetsk region and four of his subordinates served suspicion notices
Kyiv • UNN
The commander of a military unit in Donetsk region and four of his subordinates embezzled more than UAH 3.5 million by illegally charging and paying "combat" allowances to soldiers who were not on the front line.
The commander of a military unit in Donetsk region and four of his subordinates were notified of suspicion. They unlawfully accrued and paid "combat" allowances to military units that were not actually serving on the front line. The amount of damage caused to the state is over UAH 3.5 million. This was reported by UNN with reference to the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation.
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Reportedly, the organizers of the fraud developed a criminal scheme to obtain a part of the accrued "combat" surcharges for the military of their unit.
The suspects included in the lists for payments 10 servicemen of the unit who were not actually directly involved in hostilities and were outside the Donetsk region.
Over the course of 6 months, these soldiers were unreasonably charged 100 thousand hryvnias at different times. Part of the money, allegedly as charity for their unit, they transferred to a card account specified by the command.
"Thus, in the period from March to September, the amount of damage caused to the state amounted to almost UAH 3.5 million," the SBI said.
The commander of a military unit and three of his subordinates are suspected of embezzlement and misappropriation of property committed by an organized group through abuse of office on a particularly large scale and issuance of knowingly false official documents by an official (Part 5 of Article 191, Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Another participant in the scheme is suspected of embezzlement and misappropriation of property committed by an organized group through abuse of office on a particularly large scale (Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The sanctions of the articles provide for imprisonment for up to 12 years with confiscation of property.
