SBI employees in Khmelnytskyi region reported a suspicion to members of an organized criminal group that embezzled budget funds allocated to provide the military with bakery products.
The deputy commander of a battalion of one of the military units organized the deal. He involved his subordinate, a private entrepreneur and his accountant in the scheme. According to the investigation, the group members systematically overstated the volume of purchases of bakery products from a private entrepreneur. The products were not actually supplied, but arrived exclusively "on paper", while the funds transferred from the state budget were distributed among the defendants.
One of the key executors of the scheme was a subordinate of the official who was responsible for the registration of the allegedly received products. Despite pressure from his superiors, the serviceman contacted the State Bureau of Investigation and began cooperating with the investigation, acting under the supervision of law enforcement officers.
The entrepreneur, together with the accountant, calculated the difference between the actually delivered goods and the declared volumes, after which the funds were withdrawn from the accounts and distributed among the group members. The total amount of appropriated budget funds is about 1 million UAH.
To ensure compensation for the losses caused to the state, at the request of investigators, the court seized the suspects' movable and immovable property, in particular the vehicle used to transport the bakery products.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Information is being checked regarding the possible existence of similar schemes in the supply of other food products to the military.
The deputy battalion commander, an entrepreneur, and an accountant are suspected of committing criminal offenses under:
• Part 1, 2 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (official forgery, which caused serious consequences),
• Part 1 of Article 14, Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (preparation for the seizure of property on a particularly large scale by an organized group),
• Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (seizure of property on an especially large scale through abuse of official position, committed under martial law, by an organized group).
The court chose a preventive measure of detention with the possibility of bail for the deputy battalion commander and the entrepreneur. The accountant is under house arrest with the use of electronic monitoring.
The sanctions of the articles provide for a penalty of imprisonment for a term of up to 12 years with confiscation of property.
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