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The former head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration and his associates will stand before a court. NABU and SAPO accuse them of embezzling more than 392 million hryvnias in road repairs.
This was reported by NABU and SAPO.
The case concerns:
- the head of the Dnipropetrovsk ODA;
- the deputy head of the Dnipropetrovsk ODA;
- the head of the road management department of the Dnipropetrovsk ODA;
- the head of a business entity.
All positions are those held at the time the crime was committed.
Regarding another defendant in the case, the prosecutor from SAPO decided to terminate the criminal proceedings due to his death, and a lawsuit has been filed to recover from his relatives inexcusable assets totaling more than 19 million hryvnias.
According to the investigation, the defendants deliberately drafted documents to speed up payment and avoid complex procedures (development of project documentation, expertise, technical supervision). They replaced current or capital road repairs with maintenance servicing, since funds in 2022 year were allocated only for it.
In addition, it was found that individuals unjustifiably increased expenses for such maintenance to 1,5 billion hryvnias.
For this amount, contracts were signed with a company connected to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk ODA. In turn, it overcharged the price of materials by more than 392 million hryvnias.
The actions of the individuals are qualified as a crime under part 5 of article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
In September 2024 year, the participants in the scheme were notified of suspicion. In December 2025 year, the investigation in the case was completed.
The surnames of the suspects are not disclosed by NABU and SAPO, but as the case file shows, it concerns the ex-head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Valentyn Reznychenko.
Reminder: 12 September 2024 year NABU and SAPO notified the former head of the Dnipropetrovsk ODA Valentyn Reznychenko of suspicion in a case about causing 286 million hryvnias in losses during road repairs under wartime conditions. Suspicions were also announced for the former deputy head of the Dnipropetrovsk ODA, the former head of the department of the Dnipropetrovsk ODA, the former head of the road management department of the Dnipropetrovsk ODA, and the head of a private firm.
According to the investigation, officials artificially increased road repair financing in the region under the guise of maintenance for 1,5 billion hryvnias. For this amount, contracts were signed with a company connected to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk ODA, which overcharged materials by more than 286 million hryvnias. Part of these funds was subsequently diverted to accounts of other companies connected to the top official and his deputy.
In April of the same year, NABU conducted searches of Reznychenko in this case, and in December 2022 year detectives from NABU also conducted searches in Dnipro among the defendants in the criminal case.
Prior to this, journalists published an investigation into the connection between Reznychenko and the company “Budinvest Engineering,” which, after the start of the full-scale war, received from the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration headed by him 1,5 billion hryvnias for road repairs. It turned out that the founder of the firm until recently was Yana Khlanta—a fitness trainer and close friend of Reznychenko. After this, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case under the articles of “abuse of power or official position” and “legalization (laundering) of property obtained by criminal means.”
“Budinvest Engineering” began earning on contracts in the Dnipropetrovsk region in 2017 year, when the regional administration first came under Reznychenko. According to the Spending system, the peak of road repair earnings fell in 2021-2022 years, when Reznychenko led the ODA a second time and his adviser Yuriy Holyk became a consultant to the “Great Construction.”
Already in 9 November, Khlanta left the founders, and now the main owner of the firm is Pavlo Chukhno. He is the vice president of the Prometey sports club. The club's president is Reznychenko's longtime acquaintance Volodymyr Dubinsky. He and his brother Leonid are wanted in the United States for fraud.
The Office of the President responded to the scandal by saying that conclusions will be drawn only based on investigations by law enforcement agencies. However, in January 2023 year, President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Reznychenko from the post of head of the Dnipropetrovsk ODA.
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