Case Against Ex-SPFU Head Sennychenko Referred to Court
The SAPO prosecutor has sent an indictment to the court in the case of a criminal organization headed by the former head of the State Property Fund, Dmytro Sennychenko. The actions of the defendants caused the state over UAH 700 million in losses. The SAPO reported this.
The organization's members are also accused of legalizing property obtained through criminal means in the amount of over UAH 10 billion.
According to the investigation, in March 2023, the SAPO and NABU exposed a group that, during 2019–2021, appropriated the funds of state-owned enterprises, in particular JSC "Odessa Port Plant" and JSC "United Mining and Chemical Company".
The investigation believes that from November 2019 to March 2020, the head of the SPFU created a criminal organization to establish control over important objects managed by the Fund. According to the organizers' plan, controlled persons were appointed to the management bodies of state-owned enterprises, who were supposed to ensure the use of state resources in the interests of the organization's participants.
In addition, so-called back offices were created at state-owned enterprises. Their members, without being employees of the enterprises, actually managed their economic activities, in particular, they gave instructions on concluding contracts, determining the winners of tenders, and setting product prices.
According to the SAPO, due to the actions of the organization's participants, the Odessa Port Plant lost more than UAH 600 million from May 2020 to October 2021. Another UAH 111 million in losses to the state, according to the investigation, was caused through activities with the United Mining and Chemical Company. The organization's participants concluded four contracts with a controlled non-resident company and ensured the shipment of titanium raw materials at an understated cost.
The total amount of embezzlement of state funds exceeds UAH 700 million. Later, the organization's members ensured the withdrawal of funds abroad and the acquisition of assets.
Let us remind you that Dmytro Sennychenko is a person involved in the EBK base.
Last year, Italy seized a yacht worth 5.5 million euros belonging to one of the leaders of a criminal organization, which, according to the NABU and SAPO, was created by the head of the State Property Fund, Dmytro Sennychenko.
