Investigators of the National Police stopped the illegal activities of officials who illegally seized state funds for the production of electricity worth more than UAH 300 million
Officials of the limited liability company provided inaccurate information about the commissioning of the solar power plant start-up complex to the National Commission for State Regulation in the field of energy. Thus, the private enterprise received a higher “green tariff” and obliged SE “Energorynok” to unreasonably pay for the electricity sold.
During the pre-trial investigation, the investigators of the Corruption Crimes Investigation Department of the Main Investigative Department of the National Police of Ukraine, with the prompt support of employees of the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police and the procedural leadership of the Office of the Prosecutor General, exposed a scheme for illegal seizure of state funds of State Enterprise “Energy Horynok” through the sale by a private enterprise of electricity at an inflated cost in the amount of more than 300 million UAH.
It was established that the officials of the limited liability company for the production of solar electricity applied to the National Commission, which carries out state regulation in the field of energy, with a request to increase the capacity of solar power generation, in connection with the commissioning of the start-up complex. Although at that time the work of the complex was not launched.
Thus, on the basis of fictitious documents, the private company received permission to increase the capacity of the solar power plant and the approved “green” tariff almost a year earlier than the actual construction of the station.
Also, law enforcement officers established that the company made a fictitious purchase of equipment, which provides opportunities for the launch of the station. In addition, according to the act “Decryption of the terrain” for the period of submission of documents to the State Commission, the solar power plant complex was under construction. Therefore, the corresponding coefficient of the “green” tariff could not be applied, and the documents that were submitted to the National Commission for State Regulation in the Energy Sector contain inaccurate data.
According to the conclusion of the forensic and economic examination, it was established that Energorynok SE for four years unreasonably paid funds to a private enterprise for the sold electrical energy.
Yesterday, March 25, in the territory of Kyiv and Zaporizhzhya region, police conducted a series of searches, during which documentation on the sale of electricity at an inflated cost was seized.
Pre-trial investigation is carried out under Part 5 of Art. 191 (Appropriation, squandering of property or possession of it by abuse of official position), Part 3 of Art. 209 (Legalization (laundering) of income received by criminal means) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. For illegal transactions, the defendants face up to 12 years in prison.
Communications Department of the
National Police of Ukraine
(Based on the materials of the Main Investigative Department)
