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Jan. 27, 2025, 3:59 p.m.

MP's case on millions of losses in Odesa region sent to court

Photo: NABU

(Photo: NABU)

Law enforcement officers have sent to court a case against a deputy of the Odesa Regional Council, a former head of a territorial community, and the director of a company controlled by the deputy, whose actions during the purchase of street lamps for the community caused more than UAH 16 million in losses.

This was reported by the press service of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.

Investigators found that in 2018, a deputy of the Odesa Regional Council organized the conclusion of a number of contracts for the installation of street lighting bypassing tender procedures and outside the competitive field with a company controlled by him.

Given that the subject matter of the procurement was artificially divided into parts, and the cost of works for each part did not exceed UAH 1.5 million, the contracts were concluded without using the electronic procurement system. In addition, this allowed the contractor to include street lighting fixtures in the contract price at prices that were deliberately inflated by more than six times.

Subsequently, the regional council deputy organized the forgery of acceptance certificates for construction works, which included false information about the costs incurred. As a result, UAH 6 million was unjustifiably transferred to his company's account. Later, another episode was uncovered, amounting to UAH 10.4 million. In total, as a result of such actions in 2018-2020, the state suffered losses of UAH 16.4 million.

The MP was notified of suspicion of organizing abuse of office and forgery, which caused UAH 6 million in losses to the budget, in November 2023.

Кирило Бойко

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