The counter-intelligence of the Security Service together with the investigators of the National Police under the procedural guidance of the Kharkiv specialized prosecutor’s office in the field of defense of the Eastern region exposed a scheme of embezzlement of state funds, organized by the former general director of the Kharkiv state enterprise, which was part of the structure of the Ukroboronprom concern.
“In the summer of 2022, at that time, the head of the plant organized an illegal scheme to seize funds that were transferred to the enterprise for the fulfillment of a state defense order. According to the contract with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Kharkiv enterprise was supposed to carry out repairs and maintenance of military vehicles”, – informs USBU in the Kharkiv region.
According to the investigation, the director of the plant involved two more people in the implementation of the scheme: his subordinate – the head of the department for material and technical supply, as well as a representative of the company that supplied spare parts.
The extras agreed that instead of new spare parts for individual components and units of military equipment, they would purchase repaired ones. However, such details were of inadequate quality, did not meet the norms and current standards and violated the terms of the concluded contract.
The director of the plant and the head of the material and technical supply department signed documents on the acceptance of known low-quality parts, ensured the unhindered passage of incoming quality control at the enterprise and the arrival of these low-quality components to the assembly shops.
The forensic examination of goods initiated by the Security Service confirmed the inadequate quality of these parts.
All three participants of the scheme were notified of suspicion under Part 4 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (possession of property by abuse of official position, committed by a group of persons under martial law according to a prior conspiracy). The maximum sanction of the article provides imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
The former director-general was remanded in custody, and two other suspects were placed under 24-hour house arrest.
