The Prosecutor General's Office and the SBU exposed a scheme that caused the state losses of over UAH 33 million - Kravchenko
Kyiv • UNN
Prosecutors and the SBU exposed a scheme that caused the state losses of over UAH 33 million due to incomplete assembly of large-caliber rifles. A former Ministry of Defense official and a company head have been notified of suspicion.
Prosecutors from the Prosecutor General's Office, together with investigators from the SBU's Main Investigative Department, uncovered a scheme that caused over 33 million hryvnias in damages to the state during the supply of large-caliber rifles that were delivered incomplete. This was reported by Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko, according to UNN.
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Prosecutors from the Prosecutor General's Office, together with investigators from the SBU's Main Investigative Department, uncovered a scheme that caused over 33 million hryvnias in damages to the state. In March 2022, the Ministry of Defense signed a contract with a private company for the supply of large-caliber rifles – for a total amount of over 363 million hryvnias. However, the company delivered the rifles incomplete.
It is noted that a forensic economic examination confirmed damages amounting to 33.413 million hryvnias.
A former official of the Ministry of Defense and the head of the company have been notified of suspicion: Art. 28 Part 2, Art. 114-1 Part 2, Art. 191 Part 5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. At the same time, a technical examination of the rifles themselves is ongoing. After that – additional forensic examinations: commodity and economic.
What is crucial: the defense sector is a zone of special attention for the prosecutor's office. Any abuse on blood will receive a legal response. We will evaluate not slogans – but actions, facts, and consequences.
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