Detectives of the Territorial Department ESBU in Kyiv region under the operational support of the Department for combating organized forms of economic crime of the Department of detectives for strategic economic protection together with the Kyiv regional prosecutor's office exposed a scheme of misappropriation of budget funds by officials of the Gostomel military administration.

It has been established that officials of the Gostomel settlement military administration in the period 2022-2023 entered into a number of contracts for the elimination of accidents in the housing stock that arose as a result of hostilities caused by the military aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine and the construction of shelters. It turned out that the contracts were concluded with controlled business entities at inflated prices.

Investigators found out that the actual construction work was not completed in full and some work was carried out by the utility companies. This is evidenced by the acts of work performed.

Subsequently, the winning companies transferred the criminally obtained funds to the accounts of fictitious companies with offices in Vinnytsia and later cashed them.

According to preliminary estimates, the amount of damage caused to the state is over UAH 5 million.

Detectives conducted searches in the buildings of the military administration and housing and communal services as well as in the office premises where the fictitious enterprises were located. The searches resulted in the seizure of primary financial and business documents, draft records and flash drives containing information on illegal activities.

The seized documents were sent to an expert institution to conduct construction, technical and economic examinations to establish the actual damage caused to the state.

The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings on the grounds of a criminal offense stipulated by Part 5 Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property through abuse of office) is being conducted by detectives of the Territorial Department ESBU in Kyiv region under the procedural supervision of prosecutors of the Kyiv region prosecutor's office.

Note: Pursuant to Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until his or her guilt is proved by law and established by a court verdict of guilty.