A deputy of Odesa City Council was served a notice of suspicion

Employees of the Bureau of Economic Security have served a notice of suspicion to Iryna Kutsenko, a deputy of the Odesa City Council, in a case of corruption in the Center for Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS.

The information about this, published by journalist Iryna Hryb, was confirmed by the BES.

However, they noted that the details of the investigative actions that were conducted in Odesa on the morning of June 16, the list of people who were also notified of suspicion and what exactly the MP and others are suspected of will be announced later.

As reported by Iryna Hryb in December 2024, the Center allegedly entered into agreements with a controlled individual entrepreneur to use budget funds. Allegedly for the rehabilitation of drug addicts who did not actually exist in the amount of more than UAH 7 million. And allegedly for this, MPs and officials received kickbacks of 15% from entrepreneurs.

It should be noted that back in December, the Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control told Intent 's editor that they were not aware of any searches.

In March, the BES also conducted searches in Odesa, but as part of an operation to identify illegal processing centers. At the same time, searches were also conducted in Kyiv, Kotsiubynske, Zhytomyr, Kryvyi Rih, Kremenchuk, Kharkiv, as well as in Zhytomyr and Poltava regions.

Investigators found that the suspects had set up automated replenishment of online casino players' gambling accounts through p2p transfers to card accounts of drops. In addition, the group was engaged in legalization of funds received from the organization of gambling.

In January, BES detectives exposed a group of companies that evaded paying UAH 30 million in income tax. The companies specialize in the storage and transportation of agricultural products and are part of a holding registered in the United Arab Emirates. The BES noted that this holding is already involved in criminal proceedings due to non-transparent activities and debts to American investment funds.

Кирило Бойко