Prosecutors of the Volyn Regional Prosecutor's Office sent an indictment to the trial against the former director general of SE «Volynvugillya» for misuse of more than UAH 31 million of state budget funds and official forgery – part 1, part 2 of Art. 210, part 1 of Art. 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. During March-December 2022 and February-March 2023, he directed the funds intended for the restructuring of the coal industry and the payment of wages to the employees of the coal mining enterprise, for the payment of wages to the administrative and management apparatus of the SE and its separate divisions. 

According to the results of pre-trial investigations in a number of criminal proceedings, the prosecutors of the Volyn Regional Prosecutor's Office notified of suspicion the officials of local self-government bodies, customs, heads of municipal and state institutions involved in illegal actions with budget funds, abuse of official position, extortion and receiving illegal benefits.

The head of the production division «Radoshynsky sand quarry», which belongs to the sphere of management of JSC «Ukrzaliznytsia», having involved five subordinates, organized a scheme for selling sand mixture for cash at a reduced price without reflecting such transactions in accounting, as well as a scheme for misappropriation of fuel. Members of the organized group embezzled sand at a cost of UAH 5.02 million. In addition, through unjustified write-off of fuel, JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" suffered losses in the amount of UAH 770 thousand.

Two chief state inspectors of the customs checkpoint «Yagodin» of the Volyn Customs Office, by entering false information into official documents and the automatic system «Inspector», had allowed undeclared goods into the customs territory of Ukraine without paying mandatory customs payments. Amount of losses: more than UAH 2.7 million.

The director of a private enterprise that carried out works on the construction of a shelter in an educational institution in the city of Kovel, by entering inaccurate information into the reporting technical documentation due to the reflection of the unreasonably inflated cost of the materials used, misappropriated local budget funds in the amount of UAH 2.5 million.

The former director of the municipal company «Volodymyrteplo», without conducting tender procedures, concluded an agreement with an individual entrepreneur on the supply of fuel for boiler houses, as a result of the intentional non-fulfillment of which the company suffered losses in the amount of more than UAH 2.7 million.

The director of one of the multidisciplinary hospitals of the region, a deputy of the Manevytсhi settlement council, abusing his official position, bought equipment for a hospital at inflated prices. Amount of damages caused to the state: more than UAH 1.6 million.

The director of a private enterprise in Volodymyr, during the overhaul of the building of the Volodymyr Vocational Education Center, inflated the cost and volume of the completed works, misappropriated budget funds. Amount of damages: 760 thousand UAH.

At the same facility, the technical supervision specialist entered knowingly false information into the acts of acceptance of the completed works. The amount of damages caused to the budget by these illegal actions: 100 thousand UAH.

The former general director of ME «Lutsk enterprise of electric transport», as a result of the unjustified conclusion of additional agreements to the contract on the supply of electricity, embezzled the company's funds. Amount of damages: more than 765 thousand UAH.

The village head of Pidgaitsi unjustifiably signed 11 additional agreements to the contract on the supply of electricity, so the supplier was paid extra money for its procurement at an inflated price. Amount of damages: 476 thousand UAH.

The director of one of the departments of the Lutsk city council also unjustifiably signed 11 additional agreements to the electricity supply agreement, as a result of which the local self-government body overpaid the supplier. Amount of damages: 424 thousand UAH.

The head of the Regional Office for Water Resources in the Volyn region, together with two subordinates, having introduced the system of «kickbacks», misappropriated almost UAH 590,000 in cash paid to the institution's employees in the form of bonuses. In addition, the manager is suspected of extorting and receiving illegal benefits.  

The actions of the suspects are qualified under part 4, 5 of Art. 191, part 1, 2 Art. 364, part 3 of Art. 368, part 1 of Art. 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Prosecutors are currently preparing motions to choose preventive measures and suspend suspects from their positions.

The total amount of established damages in these criminal proceedings is about UAH 50 million.

The pre-trial investigation is carried out under the procedural supervision of the prosecutors of the Volyn Regional Prosecutor's Office, Lutsk and Volodymyr District Prosecutor's Offices in interaction with the Main Department of the National Police, the Security Service of Ukraine Department, the State Bureau of Investigation and the Strategic Investigations Department in the Volyn region.

Note: In accordance with art. Article 62 of the Constitution states that a person shall be presumed innocent of a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt has been proved legally and established by a court verdict.