Mykolaiv region opens 5 criminal cases over financial fraud

In Mykolaiv region, tax service specialists identified suspicious financial transactions and prepared analytical reports. Law enforcement officers have now opened criminal proceedings.

This was reported by the press service of the State Tax Service in Mykolaiv region.

Specialists of the Financial Transaction Prevention Department of the State Tax Service have prepared 32 analytical reports on suspicious transactions that may be related to money laundering or terrorist financing.

In particular, 18 reports were prepared on their own initiative, while the rest were prepared in response to requests from the National Police Investigation Department, the regional prosecutor's office, the Bureau of Economic Security and the Security Service of Ukraine.

Based on these analytical studies, the materials were submitted to the relevant law enforcement agencies: 20 reports to the regional prosecutor's office, 10 reports to the police, and one report each to the SSU and the Bureau of Economic Security.

As a result, five criminal proceedings were opened, and it was decided to include these materials in the investigation of five companies. One of the companies has already paid over a million hryvnias to the budget.

Recently, law enforcement officers identified those involved in embezzling over UAH 138 million from the state budget. These funds were allocated for the needs of the army. The detainees include an official from Mykolaiv region.

In the course of the large-scale special operation, law enforcement officers conducted 70 searches and served 30 notices of suspicion to officials throughout Ukraine. The total amount of damage caused to the state is over UAH 138 million.

In Mykolaiv, more than UAH 10 million allocated for defense was misappropriated. The embezzlement was committed by the head of the Mykolaiv Housing and Maintenance Department, who conspired with an entrepreneur.

Two of the most high-profile cases investigated by the State Bureau of Investigation in Mykolaiv involved public officials. The prosecutor of the Mykolaiv District Prosecutor's Office, who together with a police investigator misappropriated more than UAH 4.7 million of material evidence, was put on trial. The offender legalized part of the stolen funds and used them to purchase a car worth USD 35 thousand.