Company director to face trial over UAH 200,000 embezzlement
In the Chernihiv region, a company director will be tried for embezzling budget funds during a major roof renovation of the fire station in Pryluky. He faces up to eight years in prison.
This was reported by the Chernihiv Regional Prosecutor's Office on its official website.
According to the report, the director concluded a repair contract with the State Fire and Rescue Detachment of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Chernihiv region in May 2025 after open bidding.
The investigation established that during the overhaul, the accused overstated the volume and cost of the actually performed construction work, certified the acceptance certificates of the completed construction work and certificates with inaccurate information with his own signature and the company's seal.
He sent the forged documents to the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine for the transfer of budget funds to the account of the enterprise he headed. According to the conclusion of the forensic construction and technical examination, the actual cost of the work performed was overstated by more than 200 thousand hryvnias.
The accused is charged with Part 4 of Article 191, Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - misappropriation of someone else's property by abuse of official position, committed under martial law, and official forgery.
Under the most serious article, the sanction provides for a sentence of imprisonment for a term of five to eight years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years.
We previously reported that the Security Service of Ukraine exposed a large-scale scheme to embezzle funds from the Ukrainian defense budget, involving the commander of logistics of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the head of the Security Service department in the Zhytomyr region.
