Over 11.2 million UAH in unjustified payments - ESBU sent the case of the former chairman of the board to the court

 The management of a gas distribution company in Bukovyna received over 11.2 million UAH in unjustified bonuses at the enterprise's expense. From this amount, the former chairman of the board personally allocated 5 million UAH.

Detectives of the Main Detectives Unit of the ESBU completed the pretrial investigation regarding the official and sent the indictment to court.

According to the investigation, the former chairman of the board of the company, which provides gas distribution in the territory of the Chernivtsi region, issued an unjustified order on bonusing the management.

Abusing his official position, the official ensured the payment of over 11.2 million UAH of the enterprise's funds throughout the year based on this order.

The lack of justification for the bonusing decisions was confirmed by the conclusion of the State Audit Service of Ukraine and a number of examinations by the Research Institute of Special Equipment and Forensic Expertises of the SSU.

The former chairman of the board is accused of misappropriation of property through abuse of official position in especially large amounts—Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The pretrial investigation was carried out by detectives of the Main Detectives Unit of the ESBU based on materials of the SSU in cooperation with the security units of LLC "Gas Distribution Networks of Ukraine" and NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine".

Procedural guidance was carried out by prosecutors of the Office of the General Prosecutor.

According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in accordance with the law and established by a court verdict.