Former Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Sivkovych has been served a new suspicion notice
Kyiv • UNN
The SBU has exposed former Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Volodymyr Sivkovych in the illegal appropriation of over 21 hectares of land and an unfinished hospital complex in Kyiv. The estimated value of the property is 300 million hryvnias.
The former deputy secretary of the NSDC and his accomplices were exposed for illegally appropriating over 21 hectares in Kyiv, the SBU reported on Tuesday, writes UNN.
The Security Service, the State Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Prosecutor General documented new crimes of the former Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine – Volodymyr Sivkovych, who is hiding outside Ukraine. According to the case materials, the former official is involved in the appropriation of the unfinished complex of the Republican Clinical Hospital and the adjacent land plot of 21.36 hectares in the territory of Kyiv
The estimated value of this object, as stated, is 300 million hryvnias.
As the investigation established, the SBU reported, "in order to seize state real estate during 2006-2021, Sivkovych and his accomplices developed a fraudulent plan." The scheme, as noted, "consisted of creating artificial debt to the customer of the hospital construction, and then using these debts to seize the entire property complex during the bankruptcy procedure."
"It has been established that to implement the plan, Sivkovych involved officials of a state enterprise and an organization controlled by him in Kyiv," the statement reads.
This contractor, according to the SBU, "first entered into an agreement with the state enterprise-developer of the hospital to adjust the project and complete the construction of the medical complex for the amount of 30 million hryvnias." But the private company did not fulfill its obligations, thereby driving the state contractor into debt to creditors.
"After that, the figures sold the corporate rights to their project organization, together with the right to claim the artificial debt, to an affiliated well-known developer. Subsequently, the appropriation of the hospital's property complex took place in exchange for the repayment of this amount," the SBU said.
Currently, the court is considering a case regarding the return of the long-term construction project to state ownership.
"Based on the collected evidence, Sivkovych and his two business partners who are abroad have been notified of suspicion in accordance with the crimes committed under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Part 2 of Art. 15, Part 3 of Art. 27, Part 4 of Art. 190 (fraud committed on an especially large scale by an organized group); Part 3 of Art. 27, Part 3 of Art. 209 (legalization (laundering) of property obtained by criminal means, committed on an especially large scale by an organized group); Part 3 of Art. 27, Part 2 of Art. 364 (organization, abuse of official position, which caused significant damage)", the SBU stated.
As the SBU reported, "after searches at the places of work and residence of the figures, their accomplice – a lawyer of a private company that participated in the deal in favor of Sivkovych – received a suspicion notice."
The investigation continues to bring all those responsible to justice.
The comprehensive measures were carried out under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General.