NABU and SAPO exposed a large-scale deal in the road sector in the Dnepropetrovsk OVA. The suspicion was reported to the ex-chairman of Dnepropetrovsk and his deputy.
According to RBC-Ukraine, we are talking about the ex-head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Valentin Reznichenko and his deputy Maxim Bespalchuk.
According to NABU, during the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism), the state budget suffered more than 286 million hryvnia in losses.
Suspicion reported:
- ex-head of Dnepropetrovsk OVA;
- ex-deputy chairman of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA;
- ex-head of the department of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA;
- ex-head of the road department of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Administration;
- the head of the business entity.
As the department said, in 2022, the legislation in force under martial law allowed priority funding for the operational maintenance of highways. At the same time, the costs of current and major road repairs were possible only as a last resort.
However, the suspects replaced in the relevant documents information about the need for routine and major repairs of roads with the need for their operational maintenance. This was done in order to obtain priority funding opportunities
“The costs of such services were artificially and unreasonably increased to 1.5 billion hryvnia. For this amount, contracts were concluded for the performance of relevant work with a company associated with the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, which inflated the cost of materials by more than 286 million hryvnia,” the statement said.
The suspects withdrew some of these funds to the accounts of other companies associated with the top official and his deputy.
Earlier, RBC-Ukraine reported that law enforcement officers exposed a large-scale corruption scheme in the State Customs Service – top officials were collecting “tribute” from regional customs offices. During the transfer of the bribe, the head of the departmental security department of the state institution, his deputy and one of the heads of the regional customs were detained.