Position: Deputy of the Odesa Regional Council.
Sphere of corrupt activity: public procurement.
Region of corruption : Odeshchyna.
Qualification: Part 3 Art. 28 and Part 1 of Art. 366 and Part 3 of Art. 28, Part 2 of Art. 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - abuse of power or official position, i.e. intentional, with the aim of obtaining any undue benefit for himself or another natural or legal person, the use of power or official position by an official against the interests of the service, if it caused significant damage to rights protected by law, the freedoms and interests of individual citizens or state or public interests, or the interests of legal entities, if it caused serious consequences, shall be punished by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to six years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years, with a fine from five hundred to one thousand tax-free minimum incomes of citizens.
Status: On June 20, 2024, the SAP and NABU completed the investigation in the case of a deputy of the Odesa Regional Council, the former head of one of the territorial communities of the Odesa Region, and the director of a company controlled by a deputy of the Odesa Region, involved in the task of 10.4 million UAH in losses during the purchase of street lamps for the needs community Currently, the case materials are open to the defense for perusal.
The Kyiv District Court of Odesa extended the detention of regional council deputy Mykola Derevyanko.
The story of the case: According to the investigation, in 2018, a deputy of the Odesa Regional Council arranged for the Tsebryk village head to sign contracts for the arrangement of street lighting with a company under his control, bypassing tender procedures.
The participants of the conspiracy artificially divided the subject of procurement into parts (separate streets of the settlement), each of which did not exceed UAH 1.5 million in terms of work value, which allowed the customer to enter into contracts without using the electronic procurement system. This allowed the contractor to overestimate the cost of products by more than 6 times.
In the future, the deputy of the regional council organized the forgery of acts of acceptance of completed construction works, in which false data regarding incurred costs were entered. This became the basis for overpaying the contractor. As a result, UAH 6 million was unjustifiably transferred to his company's account.
Later, another episode was exposed - in the amount of UAH 10.4 million. In general, as a result of such actions in 2018-2020, losses of UAH 16.4 million were caused to the state.
Persons potentially involved in the schemes of Mykola Derevyanka :
Volodymyr Barnasevych, head of the Tsebrykiv settlement council of the Odesa region - on December 27, 2023, the Higher Anti-Corruption Court sent him under night house arrest.
Volodymyr Gerasymchuk, director of Ukrmezhbud LLC - on December 27, 2023, the court released him on personal recognizance.
Scandals : The investigation investigates the facts of possible appropriation of budget funds during capital repairs of social infrastructure objects of several territorial communities of Odesa region. We are talking about repairs made during 2016-2022 and 2017-2021.
The possibility of misappropriation of funds during the performance of works under a number of contracts is being considered. Law enforcement officers are interested in:
construction of a kindergarten in the village Lativka;
capital repair of streets — installation of outdoor lighting systems (information about the object is hidden);
overhaul of streets, installation of outdoor lighting (information about the object is hidden);
overhaul of the pond in the village Great;
clearing the channel of the Chaga River and protection against flooding;
construction of rural dispensaries.
According to the BI Prozorro public analytics module, 85 contracts were concluded with Ukrmezhbud LLC for a total amount of 220,578,172 hryvnias.
Persons who should have responded to Mykola Derevyanka's corruption schemes:
In the case of Mykola Derevyanko, law enforcement agencies, the prosecutor's office and the court worked well.
Assets: Apartment in Odesa 60 sq m, non-residential premises in Odesa 116 sq m, Mercedes-Benz GL 350 CDI car, MITSUBISHI GRANDIS and IVECO LD 440E43TP, income - director of Ukrmezhbud LLC 50 thousand UAH per year.
Sources:
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/48ad0b28-2c34-412f-9c8c-7d3a0de4a0a2