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The SBU detained senior officials of the Lviv Regional Military Administration who tried to embezzle 5 million budgetary hryvnias
The Security Service, with the assistance of the head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration, uncovered a scheme to embezzle budget funds in public procurement.
As a result of comprehensive measures, the organizers of the scheme were detained — the head of one of the administration’s departments and his deputy.
The investigation found that the officials attempted to embezzle five million budgetary hryvnias.
To do this, the officials artificially created the appearance of competition during tenders for services and ensured that affiliated companies won the procurement procedures.
In return, the scheme’s organizers received regular “kickbacks” from controlled commercial entities in the form of monthly cash transfers.
To conceal the origin of the illegal funds and disguise their transfer “into hands,” the suspects used postal shipments.
The Security Service documented such “packages” from Kropyvnytskyi and Zakarpattia.
SBU officers detained the head of the administration’s department, his deputy, and their accomplice — the owner of an affiliated company.
During searches, investigators seized mobile phones, computer equipment, rough records with calculations of the “kickbacks,” and cash obtained criminally.
The detainees have been notified of suspicion under part 4 of article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (misappropriation of property through abuse of official position, committed on a large scale under martial law).
Investigative actions are ongoing to identify and bring to justice all persons involved in the criminal scheme. The perpetrators face up to 8 years of imprisonment.
The comprehensive measures were carried out by SBU officers in Donetsk and Lviv regions under the procedural guidance of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
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