May 9, 2025, 1:41 p.m.
(Photo: Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office)
In Odesa region, the director of a construction company who embezzled budget funds allocated for school repairs will be brought to court. The amount in question is 240 thousand hryvnias.
This was reported by the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.
According to the investigation, during the overhaul of the roof of an educational institution in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district, the businessman falsified documents, overstating the scope of work and the cost of materials. As a result, budget money was unjustifiably transferred to his company's account.
The prosecutor's office said that the indictment has already been sent to court. The director will be tried under two articles: misappropriation of budget funds and forgery (Part 4 of Article 191, Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). He faces up to 8 years in prison with a ban on holding managerial positions or engaging in business activities for three years.
In addition, an investigation is underway against the official who ordered the repairs and could have been involved in the embezzlement of budget funds through abuse of office.
Meanwhile, the Prymorskyi District Court of Odesa has begun consideration of a joint case against local businessman Pavlo Bardai, who is accused of misappropriating budget funds while performing contract work ordered by the municipal enterprise Porto-Frankivsk Housing and Communal Services.
Prosecutors of the Suvorov District Prosecutor's Office in Odesa also sent an indictment to the court against the director of the contractor on charges of forgery and misappropriation of budget funds.
Earlier in Odesa, the director of a contracting company was accused of misappropriating budget funds during the repair of a school in the city's Prymorsky district. He was served a notice of suspicion.
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