In Kherson, police detectives suspect exhibitor of seizing more than 6.5 million hryvnias
Recall that the detectives of the regional police head under the procedural leadership of the prosecutor's office of the region carry out a pre-trial investigation of criminal proceedings against the former chairman of one of the village councils, and now a deputy of one of the city councils of Kherson region.
Since January this year, the Investigation Department has been investigating criminal proceedings, where three men are involved. One of them is a former village chairman, the other two are private entrepreneurs. The police found that in 2018, the official developed a plan to seize funds from the village council's budget during major repairs on the territory of the village roads. Namely, the contractors provided the customer with documentation, which stated false information about the volume of work performed, but the village head signed the acceptance acts.
The defendants have already been notified three times of suspicion of committing criminal offenses provided for in Parts 3, 4, 5 of Article 191, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Recently, detectives established new facts of illegal activities of the former village head and informed him of the fourth suspicion.
According to the deputy chief of the regional police Mykola Verbytsky, about 40 judicial construction-technical examinations have already been carried out during the pre-trial investigation. According to the conclusions of experts, violations are currently found in the repair of 10 sections of the streets of the village. The total amount of appropriated budget funds is more than 6 million 850 thousand hryvnias. The pre-trial investigation continues. The investigation checks other facts of illegal activities of the former official.
For reference: the defendants are suspected of committing the following criminal offenses:
- Part 3 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the qualifying features of which are the squandering of someone else's property by abuse of his official position by an official, committed repeatedly, by a previous conspiracy by a group of persons;
- Part 4 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the qualifying features of which are the possession of other people's property by abuse of his official position by an official, committed by a group of persons in a previous conspiracy, in large quantities;
- Part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the qualifying features of which are the possession of other people's property by abuse by an official of his official position, committed repeatedly, by a previous conspiracy by a group of persons, in particularly large sizes;
- Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Art. 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, namely the inclusion in official documents of knowingly false information, committed by a previous conspiracy by a group of persons.
Police communication department of Kherson region
