A large-scale scheme with “dead souls” was exposed at the Kyiv Aviation Institute: who is the organizer and how much are the losses?
Prosecutors have reported suspicions to three officials of the Kyiv Aviation Institute in embezzling over 16.6 million hryvnias of budget funds. The officials organized a scheme of fictitious employment of 89 people, whose salaries were withdrawn and appropriated.
This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
According to law enforcement officials, the suspects are the former head of the security department of the security service, the head of the security service and his deputy. From January 2021 to August 2024, they created an organized group and established a system of illegal receipt of money by recruiting “dead souls” for work.
In total, 89 fictitious “employees” were registered, who in fact did not perform any duties. However, their salaries were regularly accrued. The money was transferred to bank cards, withdrawn in cash and further distributed among the participants of the scheme.
As a result of criminal activity, the state, represented by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, suffered losses in the amount of over UAH 16.6 million. These are funds that could have been directed to the real needs of the educational institution or educational projects.
During searches of the suspects’ residences, documents, bank cards, and data carriers were seized that may confirm the organization of the illegal scheme. These materials are now included in the evidence base in the criminal proceedings.
The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by investigators of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine. Operational support is provided by the Internal Security Department of the National Police.
Criminal proceedings have been opened under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – misappropriation, embezzlement of property or taking possession of it through abuse of official position on a particularly large scale, committed by an organized group.
Recall that law enforcement officers exposed the organizer of two large-scale schemes for the illegal appropriation of natural gas, the losses from which exceeded 400 million hryvnias . The perpetrators acted through controlled companies, manipulated documents and interfered with information systems in order to resell stolen resources and legalize profits through fictitious financial transactions.
Earlier, the National Police of Ukraine, together with their Moldovan colleagues, exposed a criminal group that was engaged in fraud under the guise of delivering cars from the USA . The criminals defrauded at least five Ukrainians of more than 2 million hryvnias. The leader of the gang, a citizen of Ukraine, was detained in Moldova.
It was previously reported that military counterintelligence and investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine exposed a large-scale embezzlement of over UAH 1 billion allocated for the purchase of food products for the Armed Forces during March-December 2022.
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