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🧩 The SBU Economic Security Department is investigating a scheme in the procurement of medical equipment involving Bohomolets National Medical University
This concerns the procurement of medical equipment of the Karl Storz brand. According to the investigators' version, the prices listed in the tender documentation were artificially inflated. Among the equipment purchasers is also the higher education institution.
According to the detectives, the scheme was organized by officials of LLC "Karl Storz Ukraine" — the official and sole distributor of products of the German company KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG in Ukraine.
Evidently the first episode of the case was an investigation of embezzlement at the Podil Oncology Center. Subsequently, the investigation uncovered an entire network of dealers who, according to law enforcement, operated under the company's control.
This involves the companies "Livin", "Medprovider", "Ksenko" and "Yasmed". In addition to the Podil Oncology Center, they concluded agreements with the Sumy Regional Oncology Center, Zhytomyr Regional Hospital, Ladyzhyn City Hospital and Bohomolets National Medical University.
The investigation established that during June–December 2024, as a result of artificially inflating equipment costs and creating discriminatory conditions for participation in tenders, the budget suffered damages totaling 5,6 million UAH.
According to a court ruling in April 2024, the medical university signed a contract with LLC "Ksenko" for more than 4 million UAH. According to the investigation, the head of NMU (the surname is not named in the public court ruling, but it is likely referring to the university rector Yurii Kuchyn) allegedly discussed the procurement’s specifications with a representative of "Karl Storz Ukraine" before the procurement was announced. Among the items seized during the investigation from the distributor were four payment instructions from "Ksenko" for the year 2024.
It appears to concern the tender for procuring equipment for operating rooms (a set for ENT surgical procedures that does not contain medicinal products, reusable), for which the only participant was the aforementioned company "Ksenko".
Court rulings contain information about the mechanism used by the scheme’s participants: first the tender and the characteristics of the procurement subject were coordinated between representatives of "Karl Storz Ukraine" and representatives of the ordering institutions. Then the procuring institutions tailored the technical requirements to a specific manufacturer, which narrowed the circle of participants and made it possible to artificially inflate the price. Under such conditions, the victory of “their” participants in the tender became guaranteed. Next, according to the investigation, a kickback of 5–10% was transferred to controlled charitable foundations. Detectives believe the remainder of the illegally obtained funds was withdrawn in cash from bank tellers and handed over to representatives of "Karl Storz Ukraine" and the purchasers during personal meetings.
Interestingly, after the aforementioned tender of more than 4 million UAH, NMU signed four more agreements with "Ksenko" with a total value of over 2 million UAH.
In April 2024 the university also signed a contract with another company from the list of dealers — LLC "Livin" — for the purchase of a steam sterilizer and operating lights worth more than 2,5 million UAH. The company "Livin" was the only participant in the tender. According to our information, these agreements do not appear in the SBU criminal proceeding.
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