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Case of Odessa Regional Council Deputy Referred to Court – SAP

Case of Odessa Regional Council Deputy Referred to Court – SAP image

The SAPO sent an indictment to the court against the deputy of the Odessa Regional Council Mykola Derevyanko, the former head of the Tsebrykivka settlement council of the Odessa region Volodymyr Barnasevich, and the director of Ukrmezhbud LLC Volodymyr Gerasymchuk.

On January 24, 2025, the SAPO prosecutor, based on the materials of the NABU pre-trial investigation, sent to the court an indictment against a deputy of the Odessa Regional Council, a former head of one of the territorial communities of the Odessa region, and a director of a company controlled by a deputy of the regional council, whose actions during the purchase of street lamps for the needs of the community caused more than UAH 16 million in losses.

– informs the prosecutor's office.

According to the investigation, in 2018, a deputy of the Odessa Regional Council organized the conclusion of contracts for the installation of street lighting by the Tsebrykivskyi village head with a company controlled by him, bypassing tender procedures.

The participants in the conspiracy artificially divided the subject of the procurement into parts, each of which did not exceed UAH 1.5 million in terms of the cost of the work, which allowed the customer to conclude contracts without using the electronic procurement system. This allowed the contractor to overstate the cost of the products by more than 6 times.

Later, the regional council member organized the forgery of acceptance certificates for completed construction work, in which false data on the costs incurred were entered. This became the basis for overpayment to the contractor. As a result, UAH 6 million was unjustifiably transferred to the account of his company.

Mykola Derevyanko is a figure in the EBK database.

We also reported earlier that after March 17, the SAPO will send to court the case on suspicion of former employee of the Security Service of Ukraine Oleksandr Gromyk in creating a criminal organization at the Volyn customs. Other suspects, including customs officers, are also suspected in it.