Ex-Head of Spetstechnoexport Faces New Charges

Former head of the state enterprise "Spetstechnoexport" Pavlo Barbul, who is on trial for corruption, has been charged with new suspicion.

NABU and SAPO also reported the suspicion to his former deputy Anton Voronin, Yevhen Singaevskyi, Oleksiy Barbul, and Viktor Markelov.

According to the investigation, during 2016-2019, the specified organized group seized 3.78 million euros from State Joint-Stock Company "Artem", State Enterprise "Aviakon", and STE.

The investigation considers Barbula to be the organizer. According to the investigation, it was he who concluded an agency agreement with the company Vakur sro, which did not provide any agency agreements, but received 3.78 million euros for them. Financial operations were carried out with the specified funds, including cash transfers. The funds were later distributed. The individuals were reported on suspicion of misappropriation of funds (Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), money laundering (Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) and forgery of documents (Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Barbula, Voronin, and Markelov were put on the wanted list. They were arrested in absentia. Singaevsky was given a 4 million UAH bail with obligations.

Let us remind you that Pavlo Barbul is a person involved in the EBK base.