“Saving” for luxury housing in Bali: military officer exposed for embezzling food for the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation reported new suspicions to the head of the food service of one of the military units as part of the investigation into a corruption scheme for supplying food to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk region. This concerns illegal enrichment and legalization of property obtained by criminal means.

This was reported by the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation.

According to the investigation, in 2024, one of the defendants in the case, a major, purchased luxury apartments on the island of Bali worth 190 thousand US dollars. In addition, he spent almost 2.5 million hryvnias on clothes in one of the brand stores in Dnipro alone.

According to preliminary estimates, the total value of the assets acquired by the officer exceeds 10 million hryvnias. The final amount will be determined as part of the pre-trial investigation.

Investigators determined that the lavish lifestyle was linked to a scheme to embezzle funds allocated for military personnel’s meals. The official acted in collusion with the founder and commercial director of the supplier company.

The scheme involved so-called “non-commodity” operations. Officials signed acceptance certificates for the full volume of products, although in fact only a part of the goods were delivered to military units, and the rest was written off through controlled persons.

In addition to undersupply, according to the investigation, the quality of the products often did not meet the established standards. Spoiled vegetables and fruits were supplied to the military, in particular to front-line units. For accepting poor-quality products and ignoring complaints, the official received “kickbacks” that amounted to up to 50% of the cost of the supply. In just 1 week, the amount of illegal profit could exceed 1 million hryvnia.

So, on February 17, SBI employees informed him of new suspicions.

The major is accused of:

• fraud;
• obtaining an improper benefit by an official;
• evasion of military service under martial law;
• illicit enrichment;
• legalization of property obtained through criminal means.

The court chose for him a preventive measure in the form of detention with the alternative of posting bail in the amount of 9 million hryvnias. From the courtroom he was sent to the guardhouse. The petition for the seizure of property will be considered in the near future.

Recall that NABU and SAPO uncovered a large-scale scheme of embezzlement of state funds during the procurement of food products for the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the full-scale Russian invasion. Five individuals, including a former senior official of the Ministry of Defense and the owner of supplier companies, have already been notified of suspicion.

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