Ex-Poltava RMA Official Suspected of Abuse

A former official of the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Poltava RMA is suspected of abusing his official position to the tune of almost 760 thousand hryvnias. This concerns the regional landscape park "Dykansky". The former official signed a contract for the development of a project for the development of the territory with a Poltava company, but the work was not fully completed.

This is stated on the website of the Poltava Regional Prosecutor's Office.

According to the investigation, in 2021, the Department of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Poltava RMA and the Poltava society signed a contract for almost 760 thousand hryvnias to develop a project for organizing the territory of the Dykansky regional landscape park.

The terms of the contract were not fully fulfilled, and it was not approved by the Poltava Regional Council. However, even in the absence of the consent of the land users, the former owner drew up and signed an act of acceptance and transfer of services. On this basis, the company unjustifiably received almost 760 thousand hryvnias from the budget.

Currently, prosecutors have filed a lawsuit against the accused in order to compensate for the losses. The former official is charged with "Abuse of official position, which caused grave consequences for state interests" under Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction is imprisonment for a term of three to six years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years, with a fine of five hundred to one thousand non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens.

We will remind, the HACC reduced Pashinsky's bail.

We also reported that a bail of UAH 8 million was paid for People's Deputy Kuznetsov.