Position: general director of SE "Derzhinform'ust".
Sphere of corrupt activity: public procurement.
Region of corrupt activity : Kyiv.
Qualification: Part 3 Art. 27, Part 1 of Art. 366, Part 5 of Art. 27 part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - misappropriation or embezzlement of someone else's property that was entrusted to a person or was in his care, - if they are committed in a particularly large amount or by an organized group, - are punished by imprisonment for a term of seven to twelve years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to three years and with confiscation of property.
Status: On April 11, 2024, the High Anti-Corruption Court refused to change the preventive measure - bail - applied to the former general director of the state-owned enterprise "Derzhinform'ust" Leonid Bogdanov in the case accusing him and others of embezzling UAH 7.7 million. According to the court, bail is an indefinite preventive measure. The accused asked to change his preventive measure, since the effect of the duties has expired, and the risks have disappeared.
On April 27, 2022, NABU and SAP reported the suspicion to Leonid Bogdanov, the former director general of Derzhinformjust.
The plot of the case: According to the investigation, during January 2014 - February 2015, an official of the state company (at the time of the crime) in collusion with four entrepreneurs organized the conclusion of contracts between "Derzhinform'ust" and controlled enterprises for the supply of software products - the TrueConf computer program . In fact, the legal entities with whom the contracts were concluded did not provide services, and there was no need for products at that time. The official later legalized the money that the state enterprise paid for the undelivered equipment by transferring it to foreign companies registered in Cyprus, Germany, Great Britain, and Panama. As a result of such actions, more than UAH 7.7 million in losses were caused to the interests of the state in the person of "Derzhinform'ust".
On May 7, 2022, Leonid Bogdanov was arrested and an alternative bail of UAH 744,300 was set for him. He was released on May 13, 2022.
On September 8, 2023, the High Anti-Corruption Court held a preliminary hearing in the case of the accusation of the former general director of the state-owned enterprise "Derzhinform'ust" Leonid Bogdanov and three other people in the embezzlement of UAH 7.7 million for the purchase of TrueConf video conferencing software.
On February 8, 2024, the High Anti-Corruption Court made a decision in absentia against the former director of Zuiv Energy Mechanical Plant LLC Hnat Kravchenko and the ex-director of Asten-MN LLC Anna Ponomarenko in the case of the former CEO of Derzhinformjust State Enterprise Leonid Bogdanov on the acquisition of 7.7 million hryvnias
Persons potentially involved in Leonid Bogdanov's schemes: Kostyantyn Bezpalko, deputy of Derzhinform'ust State Enterprise, later moved to work at the State Enterprise Center of Judicial Services.
Suspicion reported:
- Olena Netyshenska, deputy of Derzhinform'ust. On October 13, 2022, Olena Netyshenska entered into an agreement with the investigation, which was approved by the court - she was sentenced to 5 years of probation;
- Anni Ponomarenko (Voloshchuk), head of the private company "Asten-MN", court in absentia;
- Hnat Kravchenko, director of LLC "Zuivskyi Energomechanniki Zavod", court in absentia.
Scandals : Leonid Bogdanov headed the State Enterprise "Information Judicial Systems". In 2017, Leonid Bohdanov was declared a suspect under Part 5 of Art. 191 (appropriation, embezzlement of property or possession of it by abuse of official position), Part 1 of Art. 366 (official forgery) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. According to the GPU, he is suspected of embezzling state funds in the amount of UAH 6.4 million in 2013-2014, together with accomplices, by concluding fictitious contracts for the supply of software for video conferencing systems in Ukraine's justice authorities, with subsequent transfer of state funds to a controlled foreign company .
In addition, the GPU submitted a petition to the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv to arrest the suspect. Currently, the pre-trial investigation body is taking measures aimed at establishing other participants in the criminal scheme and their roles, as well as checking other similar agreements in the amount of more than 40 million hryvnias. We will remind, in 2013, the judicial administration purchased a video communication system from offshore companies for UAH 50 million. The director of one of the offshore companies "Universal Development Construction (UDC) Holding" was Leonid Bogdanov, who was later appointed to the position of head of the State Enterprise "Information Judicial Systems".
Persons who should have reacted to the corruption schemes of Leonid Bogdanov: In the case of Leonid Bogdanov, law enforcement agencies, the prosecutor's office and the courts are not working satisfactorily.
Assets: Leonid Bohdanov did not fill out the declaration.
Sources:
The ex-director of "Information Judicial Systems" was detained at the border with Russia
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VAKS refused to change the preventive measure against the ex-director of "Derzhinformiust"