“The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have exposed a large-scale scheme to seize funds intended for payments under the “green” tariff. The equipment operated for the benefit of a number of commercial power-generating enterprises located in the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region. This is reported by NABU. Within the scope of the case, nine persons were informed about the suspicion. Among them are the ex-deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and”, — write on: ua.news
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have exposed a large-scale scheme to seize funds intended for payments under the “green” tariff. The equipment operated for the benefit of a number of commercial power-generating enterprises located in the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region.
This is reported by NABU.
Within the scope of the case, nine persons were informed about the suspicion. Among them are the ex-deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and a former member of the supervisory board of Naftogaz of Ukraine, his brother, the owner of a network of Ukrainian and foreign companies, a confidant of a former high-ranking official, managers and employees of controlled enterprises, as well as the former commercial director of JSC Zaporizhia Oblenergo.
According to the investigation, in 2019-2020, the former deputy of the Donetsk Regional Council together with his brother concentrated control over a number of enterprises that produced electricity from alternative sources. They built solar power plants with a total capacity of about 60 MW on the territory of the Vasyliv district of the Zaporizhzhya region and concluded agreements with the SE “Guaranteed Buyer” on the sale of electricity at a “green” tariff.
“After the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation and the occupation of part of the Zaporizhzhia region, the solar power plants lost contact with the United Energy System of Ukraine, suffered damage, and the personnel were evacuated. Despite this, enterprises controlled by the suspects continued to declare the production of electricity and receive payment for it at the “green” tariff, although in fact the electricity did not enter the energy system of Ukraine,” the bureau noted.
The investigation established that the reports indicated notoriously unreliable data regarding the volumes of generation and technical readiness of the stations, in particular during periods of complete blackout.
According to NABU, the received funds were later withdrawn through related companies.
Within the scope of international legal assistance, NABU detectives with the assistance of law enforcement agencies in Germany and Austria conducted searches at the residences of individual suspects.
As reported by the bureau, the total amount of losses is UAH 141.3 million.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, law enforcement officers are establishing all the circumstances of the crime and the full circle of involved persons. NABU also noted that the investigation was started based on the materials of Bihus.Info journalistic investigation.
As reported by the Anti-Corruption Center in Telegram, it is about the ex-head of the Office of the President, Rostislav Shurma.
We will remind you that Rostislav Shurma was involved in the illegal construction of a car wash in Zaporizhzhia.
Shurma’s brother’s company also filed a lawsuit in the Russian court.
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