The case of two heads of the Odesa Housing and Maintenance Department, who were detained in late January on suspicion of abuse in the purchase of beds for military personnel in Odesa, was included in the list of the most high-profile proceedings initiated by the State Bureau of Investigation in January.
This was reported by the SBI press service.
According to the investigation, starting in 2023, two heads of the Odesa Housing and Maintenance Department purchased property for the army at significantly inflated prices during their tenure, which led to an overpayment of almost UAH 18 million in budget funds.
The Bureau's investigators decided that the officials had improperly performed their duties and failed to verify the economic validity of prices when purchasing beds for the military. The officials were notified of suspicion of negligence in military service, which caused substantial damage, committed under martial law.
Other cases on the list are:
- Suspicion of the former head of the legal department of a bankrupt Kharkiv bank. According to the investigation, she was involved in the illegal withdrawal of real estate worth more than UAH 200 million from the bank's ownership.
- Corruption scheme in the supply of food for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Dnipropetrovs'k region. According to the investigation, the scheme was organized by the head of the food service of one of the military units. He acted in collusion with the founder and commercial director of a company that supplied food to the Armed Forces.
- The head of the Mykolaiv Housing and Maintenance Department is suspected. He is suspected of embezzling more than UAH 2.4 million allocated for the country's defense. In total, procurements at inflated prices worth almost UAH 10 million have been documented.
- An organized scheme for the theft and illegal sale of fuel and lubricants in one of the border units of Chernihiv region. In the period from May 2025 to January 2026, law enforcement officers documented at least 10 cases of theft of more than 14 thousand liters of diesel fuel.
- The CEO of a company that sold low-quality protective suits at inflated prices to the Vinnytsia region's SES units was served with a notice of suspicion. In 2022, the company entered into an agreement with the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Vinnytsia region for the supply of special radiation, chemical and biological protection kits worth almost UAH 6.4 million. It was a purchase of 790 protective suits. At the same time, the parties to the transaction deliberately ignored the company's lack of the required certificate of conformity. As a result, the delivered goods did not meet the requirements of the State Standard of Ukraine and did not guarantee adequate protection for rescuers.
- Scheme of extortion from exporters involving the management of the Kropyvnytskyi Customs. According to the investigation, the scheme brought hundreds of thousands of hryvnias in illegal profits to its organizers every month.
Also in January, the SBI exposed doctors at the Odesa Territorial Recruitment Center who were massively issuing false conclusions of the military medical commission without the presence of recruits. Law enforcers identified all participants in the scheme and served notices of suspicion to members of the freelance commission of the Prymorskyi RTC and Odesa RTC.
Кирило Бойко