A scheme for embezzling budget funds was exposed in the capital: losses of UAH 4.4 million
У столиці викрили схему розкрадання бюджетних коштів/ Фото з соцмереж Нацполіції
In the spring of 2026, employees of the National Police, in cooperation with the Cyber Police Department and the Prosecutor General’s Office, with the participation of the State Audit Service, completed a pre-trial investigation into the case of misappropriation of budget funds during the purchase of electricity through the Prozorro public procurement system.
This was reported by the press service of the National Police of Ukraine.
According to the investigation, an official of one of the capital’s universities of the National Academy of Sciences, together with employees of a private company, despite the requirements of the Law of Ukraine “On Public Procurement”, purchased electricity at inflated prices.
To do this, the suspects concluded several additional agreements that provided for an increase in the cost of electricity without a corresponding increase in the market price. This led to an unjustified overestimation of the cost of the delivered goods.
The suspects ensured the preparation and signing of necessary documents, including contracts, additional agreements, letters and acceptance and transfer certificates, and also provided instructions on making payments.
The result of their actions was that during 2021–2022, more than 4.4 million hryvnias of budget funds were transferred to the company’s account.
During searches in the city of Kyiv, investigators seized computer equipment, documentation, printing blocks, draft records, vehicles, and real estate.
To compensate for the losses, the property of the defendants was seized, including premium vehicles, real estate, corporate rights in two companies, funds in bank accounts, and other property.
The pre-trial investigation has now been completed, and the case has been sent to court. The suspects are charged under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (embezzlement, embezzlement of property or taking possession of it by abuse of official position). The accused face imprisonment for a term of up to 12 years.
Previously, “Pryamiy” reported that the SBU and BEB exposed a company that was embezzling defense funds allocated for the construction of an AFU command post in the Zhytomyr region.
NABU detectives and SAPO prosecutors also uncovered a large-scale corruption scheme to embezzle funds from the state-owned enterprise NNEGC Energoatom. According to the investigation, during the construction of the Tashlyk pumped-storage power plant, the cost of equipment was artificially inflated by almost 170 million hryvnias.
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