“NABU announced to the People’s Deputy about the suspicion in the case of embezzlement of UAH 140 million during the purchase of cables for JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia”. This is reported by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. “On January 17, 2025, on the instructions of the head of the SAP, the prosecutor, with the participation of NABU detectives, reported the suspicion to a current People’s Deputy of Ukraine, whom the investigation considers one of the organizers of the seizure of Ukrzaliznytsia’s funds for the purchase of cable and conductor products””, — write on: ua.news
NABU announced to the People’s Deputy about the suspicion in the case of embezzlement of UAH 140 million during the purchase of cables for JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia”.
This is reported by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.
“On January 17, 2025, on the instructions of the head of the SAP, the prosecutor, with the participation of NABU detectives, reported the suspicion to the current People’s Deputy of Ukraine, whom the investigation considers to be one of the organizers of the seizure of Ukrzaliznytsia’s funds for the purchase of cable and conductor products,” the report says.
According to law enforcement officers, the people’s deputy used his influence to create obstacles in the entrepreneur’s activities and involve him in the implementation of an illegal scheme. Together, they developed a scheme to seize the funds of JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” while supplying products at inflated prices.
According to the SAP, both involved parties entered into a conspiracy with members of another organized group, which included an official of JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” and other persons who exercised informal control over the company’s activities.
The members of the second organized group created a so-called “back office”, which allowed for informal control over the company’s activities, and provided that group members were paid part of the funds, helped to remove obstacles and ensure decision-making. In particular, it is about the victory in the auctions for the purchase of companies controlled by the entrepreneur for Ukrzaliznytsia.
During 2021-2022, two enterprises under the control of a deputy and an entrepreneur won the procurement of Ukrzaliznytsia for the supply of cable and conductor products.
“Having applied various schemes to increase the value of products, the perpetrators sold them to Ukrzaliznytsia at prices significantly higher than the market prices, which caused Ukrzaliznytsia losses in the amount of over UAH 140 million,” explained the SAP.
The law enforcement officers note that the suspected deputy used his status and connections to solve issues, and also received shady “dividends” from the implementation of the criminal scheme.
Based on these facts, 8 persons were notified of the suspicion, and a pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
The name of the deputy is not disclosed, but according to the publication “Strana” it is about Viktor Bondary (non-party and non-factional, who previously headed the deputy group “For the Future”).
Earlier, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau announced to the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Robert Horvat from the Dovira group, that he was suspected of causing losses to the state in the amount of UAH 123 million.
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