Official to face trial over overpriced military purchases

In Chernihiv region, a 48-year-old official was caught purchasing equipment for the Defense Forces of Ukraine at significantly inflated prices. As a result, the city budget lost almost 700 thousand hryvnias. The police have completed the pre-trial investigation, and the case has already been transferred to court.

This was reported by the Chernihiv regional police on their official website.

Police investigators found that the woman was responsible for organizing the procurement. But instead of following procedures and carefully analyzing prices, she “ignored the requirements” and approved the purchase of defense equipment without properly verifying the cost. As a result, the Pryluky City Council concluded a contract with a Kyiv-based supplier that sold the equipment at prices significantly higher than market prices.

Investigators found out: such actions of the official caused almost 700 thousand hryvnias in losses for the budget.

The woman has already been reported on suspicion of official negligence, which led to serious consequences (Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The sanction of the article provides for up to 5 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years.

According to media reports, the official of the Pryluky City Council suspected of purchasing equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine at inflated prices, which caused losses of almost 700 thousand hryvnias, is Oksana Yurchenko. She is the authorized person for public procurement issues of the Pryluky City Council.

We previously reported that in Kryvyi Rih, the director of the city council's municipal enterprise and nine other individuals were reported under suspicion in a case involving the embezzlement of almost UAH 7 million in budget funds .

In addition, recently, the head of the education department of the Kropyvnytskyi City Council, her subordinate, as well as the co-founder, director, and accountant of the contractor were reported on suspicion of embezzlement of budget funds in a particularly large amount and official forgery.