Police exonerated the head of the village council who appropriated more than a million hryvnias for the renovation of the school
In a criminal scheme to steal budget funds, police officers exposed the head of one of the village councils of Nizhyn district. The official faces up to 12 years in prison.
In 2021, the official entered into an agreement with a contracting firm for the overhaul of the local educational institution, namely, the insulation of the facades, the basement and the attic floor in the school.
However, part of the repair work was not carried out at all, and part of the work was carried out in smaller volumes. In addition, prices for a number of materials and works were illegally overpriced. Despite this, the chairman of the village council transferred budget funds in the amount of more than 6.4 million hryvnias as payment to the contractor company. Although the actual total cost of the work actually performed is 5,4 million hryvnias.
In the future, in order to give legitimacy to his illegal actions, the official approved by signing and sealing with the seal of the village council the act of replacing the volumes of work within the agreed price (without increasing the cost), which reduced the quantitative indicators of the volumes of work and increased the current prices for materials.
According to the results of the pre-trial investigation, the investigators under the operational support of the Regional Office of Strategic Investigations under the procedural leadership of the Chernihiv Regional Prosecutor's Office informed the attacker about the suspicion of appropriation and embezzlement of property by abuse of official position on a particularly large scale (c. 5. Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The defendant faces from 7 to 12 years in prison with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to three years and with confiscation of property.
National Police of Ukraine
