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👥 Embezzlement of more than 16 million UAH from a state institution: case sent to court
04 August 2026, prosecutor of the SAP, based on pretrial investigation materials from NABU, sent an indictment to court regarding a former head of the SE “Service Center for Units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine” and six other persons who were exposed for embezzling millions, offering undue advantage, and laundering property obtained by criminal means.
🔎 As previously reported, during the pretrial investigation it was established that in 2020 one of the leaders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the head of the MIA state institution ensured the victory in a procurement procedure for video surveillance and access control equipment, to be installed in MIA buildings, for a preselected company. Although the cost of this equipment was significantly inflated, the state institution transferred funds for it, which ultimately caused damages to the institution in the amount of more than 16 million UAH.
At the same time, employees of the private company purchased the equipment from the manufacturer’s official representative and, through a chain of fictitious transactions, artificially increased the price before supplying it to the MIA.
Subsequently, the funds by which the equipment’s price was inflated were transferred to the accounts of other companies and, under the suspects’ control, converted into cash.
In order to secure victory in this procurement, over 2018–2019 years the entrepreneur, through the public organization he led, provided the MIA official with four premium-class cars for free use, with a total value of more than 6 million UAH.
The actions of the persons have been qualified as:
1) the former head of the state institution under part 5 of art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine;
2) the owner of the private company under part 5 of art. 191, part 4 of art. 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine;
3) the director of the private company under part 5 of art. 191, part 2 of art. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine;
4) the actions of four other persons under part 2 of art. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Currently, VAKS has approved a plea agreement concluded with the former senior MIA official. According to its terms, among other obligations, he must fully reimburse the damage caused to the state.
📌 Pursuant to part 1 of art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and may not be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt has been proven in accordance with the law and established by a court conviction.
