UAH 1.7 million for the purchase of humanitarian kits: officials of Kryvyi Rih city council announced suspicion
Law enforcement officers have exposed an official of the Kryvyi Rih City Council to fraud in the purchase of products for humanitarian kits.
In order to obtain an illegal benefit in favor of a third party, the woman carried out the procedure of purchasing humanitarian kits, namely sunflower oil at inflated prices.
Citizens who, because of the war, left their homes and hoped to receive assistance from the state suffered from illegal actions. Abusing her official position, the head of the public procurement sector spent more than 1.7 million hryvnias from the city budget.
The defendants were informed of suspicion under Part 2 of Art. 364 (abuse of power or official position) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of three to six years.
National Police of Ukraine
