Investigators reported suspicions to employees of NAAS of Ukraine
In particular, the former director of one of the state-owned enterprises, which is part of the structure of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences, is accused of organizing a fraudulent scheme for appropriating crops of agricultural enterprises for more than 71 million hryvnias.
The investigators of the Corruption Crime Investigation Department of the Main Investigation Department under the operational support of the National Police Service of the National Police continue to expose the crimes of the leadership and officials of the mentioned scientific institution.
Thus, during the investigation, it was established that the personal driver of the head of the NAAS illegally accrued about 800 thousand hryvnias of salary through simultaneous “employment” in six state-owned enterprises that were part of the structure of the Academy.
The driver of the president of the NAAS, the accountant and the mechanic of the state-owned enterprise, who carried out the timekeeping of working hours and the payment of wages, was informed of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense provided for in Part 3 of Art. 191 (Appropriation, embezzlement of property or possession of it by abuse of official position) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for up to eight years in prison.
In addition, evidence of the involvement of the former director of one of the state enterprises of the scientific institution in the organization of a fraudulent scheme for appropriation of crops was collected.
It was established that in 2020, the director concluded two contracts of agricultural contracts with two private enterprises at the same time. As a result, the agricultural enterprise, which grew crops on 1610 hectares of land of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences, did not receive it. Instead, agricultural products were taken over by the defendant through the structure under his control. The damage caused is estimated at more than UAH 71 million.
The ex-director was notified of suspicion of committing crimes provided for in Part 4 of Art. 190 (Fraud) and Part 2 of Art. 357 (Abduction, appropriation, extortion of documents, stamps, seals, possession of them by fraud or abuse of office, or damage to them) of the Criminal Code. For committing these crimes, the defendant faces up to 12 years in prison. Procedural guidance is carried out by prosecutors of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
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