Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor General's Office are conducting a pre-trial investigation into the misappropriation of public funds during the conclusion of a contract for the supply of products for the military administration. The court has now imposed a house arrest as a measure of restraint on the company's CEO.

It has been established that at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the company, despite the current ban on importing this type of product from Turkey to Ukraine, entered into a contract for the supply of meat products worth a total of UAH 35 million and received an advance payment.

Subsequently the officials transferred the funds to the account of an affiliated foreign company. In this way they seized budget funds in the amount of over UAH 2 million. For this purpose the company director involved third parties in the criminal scheme, including the chief accountant.

At the time of the notification of suspicion the goods under the contracts had not been delivered and the funds received had not been returned.

Detectives of the ESBU conducted searches at the company's location and the suspects' residences and found accounting documents, draft records, facsimiles of signatures, seals of Ukrainian and foreign companies.

The company's accounts have been seized. The chief accountant was served a notice of suspicion and bail in excess of UAH 500,000 was imposed.

The director, who had previously been put on the international wanted list, has been located, and the investigating judge has imposed a measure of restraint in the form of house arrest. The investigation is ongoing.