In the Vinnytsia region, the head of one of the departments of the Ministry of Defense and his subordinates were informed of suspicion of causing damage to the state in the amount of UAH 4.3 million.
According to the investigation, officials entered into a direct non-competitive agreement to purchase 2,000 beds for placement in the barracks at a price several times higher than the market price.
During searches in the office premises of the 39-year-old manager, his 68-year-old subordinate and 44-year-old subordinate, police seized a million hryvnia, documentation, rough notes, computer equipment, mobile phones.
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— Investigators informed all members of the organized criminal group of suspicion of committing a crime under Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Appropriation, embezzlement of property or taking possession of it through abuse of official position), — law enforcement officers emphasized.
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All participants in the illegal transaction face up to 12 years in prison.
During the investigation, the organizer’s accomplices will be under round-the-clock house arrest, and he himself will be sent to a pre-trial detention center with the right to post bail in the amount of 4 million UAH.
