Kherson Bailiff Embezzles ₴200K; Former School Director Faces ₴2.44M Fraud

A state bailiff from Kherson illegally transferred money from the deposit account of the executive service to the accounts of fictitious persons.

According to the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office, during the summer and fall of 2023, the chief state bailiff of the Dnipro Department of the SES in the city, using his official position, repeatedly issued orders on the basis of which funds were transferred from the deposit account of the executive service to the accounts of fictitious persons. The money was supposed to be used to pay alimony and to repay debts to the state and enterprises.

As a result of such actions, almost UAH 200 thousand was illegally withdrawn from the deposit account of the executive service.

The man was served in absentia a notice of suspicion of embezzlement of another's property by abuse of office (Part 4 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). He faces up to eight years in prison.

Meanwhile, the former director of a Kherson school is suspected of embezzling budget funds on a particularly large scale. This happened during the occupation. Now the woman faces up to 12 years in prison. The ex-director used her authority to issue orders to pay bonuses to 44 employees in July and 12 in August. The amounts of bonuses varied: the minimum was 2000 UAH and the maximum was 150,000 UAH. The total amount of illegal payments amounted to UAH 2.44 million. This is not the first time the former director has come to the attention of law enforcement. In 2019, a bribery case was opened against her.

And in Mykolaiv, the head of a private company and a technical supervision engineer are accused of misappropriating budget funds worth almost UAH 39.5 million during the construction of a pontoon bridge.

Андрій Колісніченко