Detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Lviv region together with the SSU established that the head of a state-owned enterprise embezzled spare parts for military equipment made of precious metals, namely stands, work-in-progress units and components intended for the manufacture of air defense computing systems.

In particular the alloy contained about 2 kg of gold, 23 kg of silver, 102 g of platinum, 65 g of palladium and 15 g of rhodium.

As a result of this abuse of office the state suffered UAH 2.4 million in losses.

Currently, detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Lviv region have served the former director a notice of suspicion of committing a crime under Part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property through abuse of office).

The article provides for imprisonment for 7 to 12 years with confiscation of property.

The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. The full range of persons involved in the embezzlement of the state-owned enterprise is being established.

Procedural supervision in the criminal proceedings is carried out by prosecutors of the Lviv Specialized defense prosecutor's office of the Western region and operational support is provided by officers of the Security Service of Ukraine in Lviv region.