Ukrzaliznytsia procurement fraud case: SBU official and 6 others served suspicion notices
Kyiv • UNN
Members of the organized group, including a former presidential adviser and an SBU officer, were served with a notice of suspicion of embezzling UAH 94.8 million from Ukrzaliznytsia through the purchase of transformers at inflated prices during martial law.
Members of an organized group involved in the embezzlement of UAH 94.8 million from Ukrzaliznytsia were served a notice of suspicion. The suspects include an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine and a former advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine. UNN reports this with reference to the SAPO.
According to UNN sources, the organized group is headed by SBU official Artem Shilo.
On April 2-3, 2024, under the procedural guidance of SAPO prosecutors, NABU detectives served suspicion notices to members of an organized group whose activities led to the seizure of UAH 94.8 million in the purchase of transformers during martial law
Currently, 7 members of the group have been served with a notice of suspicion, including (positions indicated at the time of the crime):
- head of an organized group, advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine, and later an officer of the Security Service of Ukraine - Part 3 of Article 27, Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine;
- two members of an organized group - Part 5 of Article 27, Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine;
- First Deputy Director of the Branch "Production Support Center" of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" - Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine;
- Deputy Director for Economic and Information Security of the Office of the Director for Economic and Information Security of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia - Part 5 of Article 27, Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine;
- an intermediary acting on behalf of the supplier company (part 5 of Article 27, part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine);
- an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine - Part 5 of Article 27, Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The investigation established that the organized group was created in 2021 to control the funds of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia. In June-December 2022, the head of the organized group, through controlled officials of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, ensured the selection of a predetermined company as a supplier of power transformers.
According to law enforcement, the transformers were supplied at an inflated price. In addition, the accomplices used a letter from the Security Service of Ukraine "On Threats to State Security" as a basis for rejecting the proposals of other bidders with much more favorable price conditions, while the connections of both the company that "won" the tender and its controller with Russia were deliberately ignored.
It was also established that the transformers were purchased through a Bulgarian-registered shell company from an Uzbek manufacturer partially owned by legal entities from the aggressor country and resold to Ukrzaliznytsia at twice the price. As a result, Ukrzaliznytsia suffered losses of UAH 94.7 million, which were seized by the perpetrators.
The head of the OC and three other people have been detained.
The issue of choosing a preventive measure for the suspects is being decided, the SAPO said.
Earlier, UNN reported that SAPO and NABU exposed an organized group "headed by a former advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine."
Later, it became known that SBU official Artem Shilo , according to the investigation, is the head of an organized group to seize almost UAH 95 million for the purchase of transformers during martial law.
