Damage by almost 120 million: SBU exposed the stealing schemes allocated to products for the Armed Forces

According to militiamen, the schemes of theft of budget funds have caused losses to the state for UAH 119. 5 million. The SBU press release states that officials of one of the departments of the Ministry of Defense signed contracts with the heads of two private firms for wholesale supply of food to the locations of servicemen. Budget funds were transferred to the accounts of enterprises that did not even have production base and technological equipment for the provision of such services.

Security officers claim that instead of supplying the defense forces, the scheme participants withdrew money, withdrew money through gasket companies. Two managers of enterprises that participated in the actions described were suspected under Part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code - "appropriation, misappropriation of property or seizure by abuse of office. " Investigation is currently underway to hold the Ministry of Defense's top officials.

Also, as stated in the SBU press release, the operatives exposed the commander of one of the military units in the Kiev region for theft of almost UAH 2. 4 million, which were allocated for food for personnel. In order to carry out illegal activities, the officer involved four subordinates and merchants who contained false information to the reporting documentation to conceal the illegal activity.

Currently, the issue of declaring them suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code and the election of a preventive measure: on a day earlier, February 2, the State Bureau of Investigation reported the detention of entrepreneurs who sold eggs for 17 hryvnias. The losses and officials of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine have been estimated by the state at UAH 4. 6 million.