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The director of a state enterprise in Poltava region organized an improper sale of agricultural products, causing losses to the state. The criminal scheme was uncovered by officers of the Strategic Investigations Department in Poltava region jointly with detectives of the Bureau of Economic Security.
Director of a state enterprise caused multi-million losses.
As police found out, a scheme operated in Poltava region organized by a 76-year-old head of a state research farm, which functions within the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences of Ukraine. Because he arranged the sale of product at low prices, the company suffered multi-million losses. This is stated by the National Police.
Over two years, the head of the state enterprise sold collected grain and oil crops to private companies, setting prices on terms favorable to himself. As a result, money went under-received by the state enterprise, which was led by the likely criminal.
The man conducted sales through contracts that indicated a lower value of products grown by the state enterprise than their value on the agricultural market. In other words, private companies benefited economically, the director earned for himself, and the enterprise's revenue fell at that time.
Examination of the real value of the sold agricultural crops showed that losses of the enterprise due to this scheme by the head amounted to 2,7 million hryvnias.
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The suspect was informed of suspicion of abuse of office. For this crime, the director of the company may be sentenced to up to 6 years in prison.
Recall that in April 2026 year, a German entrepreneur was extradited to Ukraine over a similar scheme for grain procurement. At that time the state suffered 13,4 million hryvnias in losses.
The High Anti-Corruption Court found the businessman guilty and sentenced him to 3 years and 10 months of imprisonment.
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