Violations worth a million hryvnias found at a utility company in Mykolaiv region

Financial irregularities worth more than one million hryvnias were found at the Yuzhnoukrainsk utility company. The audit materials have now been sent to the police.

This was reported by the press service of the Southern Office of the State Audit Service in Mykolaiv region.

The Department of the Southern Office of the State Audit Service in Mykolaiv Oblast conducted an audit of the financial and economic activities of the utility company "Public Utility Service" of the Yuzhnoukrainsk City Council for the period from January 2021 to February 2024. The results revealed violations worth more than UAH 1 million.

Thus, it was found that the utility company spent almost UAH 294 thousand on soil transportation, which was not documented. In addition, the cost of removing and transporting fertile soil was overstated by almost UAH 185 thousand.

Other violations identified by the auditors include payment for the unconfirmed replacement of concrete curbs, the purchase of fuel without a tender, and a shortage of inventory, which totaled more than UAH 225 thousand. There were also violations in labor remuneration - more than UAH 318 thousand was unjustifiably accrued to the company's managers.

The audit materials have now been forwarded to the Investigation Department of the National Police of Mykolaiv Oblast for further investigation.

In August, a case was brought to court against four people involved in a scheme to embezzle UAH 12.3 million from the purchase of air conditioning systems. According to the investigation, the head of the production and technical equipment department of the South Ukrainian NPP facilitated the victory of two companies in the bidding for the purchase of industrial air conditioning systems held by the nuclear power plant.

In early September, specialists of the Financial Transaction Prevention Department of the State Tax Service prepared 32 analytical reports on suspicious activities that may be related to money laundering or terrorist financing.

In particular, 18 reports were drawn up on their own initiative, and the rest were prepared at the request of the National Police Investigation Department, the regional prosecutor's office, the Bureau of Economic Security and the SBU. As a result, five criminal proceedings were opened, and it was decided to include these materials in the investigation of five companies.

Recently, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office summarized the results of the first six months of 2024. The NABU has launched 323 new investigations, with 166 suspects, 64 cases sent to court, 27 guilty verdicts and 36 corrupt officials punished.