Position: ex-general director of the public utility company of the Kyiv Regional Council "Obriy", and now a deputy of the Zhytomyr City Council.
The sphere of corrupt activity: procurement.
Region of corruption activity: Kyiv region, Zhytomyr region.
Qualification: Poryadin's actions were qualified under part 2, part 3 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: at large.
The plot of the case: in March 2021, the regional office of the State Bureau of Investigation in Kyiv reported the suspicion of Oleksandr Poryadin, the ex-director general of the utility company of the Kyiv Regional Council, and now the deputy of the Zhytomyr City Council, due to the embezzlement of over 1.5 million UAH through abuse of official position.
The pre-trial investigation established that in the period from 2016 to 2018, the general director of one of the KPs of the Kyiv Regional Council developed a scheme for the appropriation of budget funds, in which the Society registered under his relatives participated. He signed fictitious contracts for the provision of information and consulting services with the said Company. The ex-general director paid for them at the expense of the funds received from the sublease of the premises belonging to the utility company. Later, the paid money was appropriated by the official. Such systematic operations led to the underpayment of more than UAH 1.5 million by the state and local budgets. In the course of the pre-trial investigation, more than 50 episodes of such illegal activity were recorded.
The actions of the official are qualified under the article of embezzlement, waste of property or possession of it by abuse of official position, committed repeatedly (Part 2, Part 3 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Persons potentially involved in the corruption scheme: from open sources it is not known about the alleged accomplices of Oleksandr Poryadin.
Wealth: Poryadin did not publish actual declarations for 2021, 2022, 2023. However, in the declaration for 2020, the official did not indicate anything except the salary at the main place of work - UAH 17,300.
Persons who should have responded to corruption schemes: law enforcement agencies responded in a timely manner to Oleksandr Poryadin's criminal activities. In particular, the case was handled by the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office and the Central Directorate of the SBU.
Scandals: journalists reported that since September 2019, Oleksandr Poryadin is suing the Kyiv Regional Council, the essence of the lawsuit is to declare the orders illegal and cancel them, reinstate him in his position and collect the average salary for the entire period of forced absenteeism. One of the orders that the plaintiff wants to cancel is No. 195 of June 19, 2019 "On the dismissal of the general director of the Municipal Enterprise of the Kyiv Regional Council "Kyiv Regional Agricultural Brokerage and Commercial Firm "Obriy".
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