Detectives of the Territorial Department of the ESBU in Kyiv exposed the former director and first deputy director of the Ukrainian Railways branch in violation of the Procedure for Employee Incentives.

It was established that the officials signed an order to reward employees of the branch with cash for work they did not actually perform without the consent of a member of the Board of JSC Ukrainian Railways.

This led to the embezzlement of over UAH 1.6 million. The above-mentioned individuals have been served a notice of suspicion of committing a criminal offence under Part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property through abuse of office).

The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Procedural supervision is carried out by 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 in accordance with the law and established by a court verdict of guilty.