Position: former deputy director of the "Trading House of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine".
Sphere of corruption: agricultural.
Region of corruption activity: all of Ukraine.
Qualification: Part 3 of Article 27, Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status : hiding from pre-trial investigation bodies.
Case story : Yevdokimov is suspected of misappropriating pesticides worth UAH 276 million. The investigation established that by order of the Fastiv District Military Administration of the Kyiv Region dated April 4, 2022, property was forcibly seized from LLC "August-Ukraine". It concerned plant protection products, which were subsequently subject to free transfer to the NIAC "TD NAANU" in order to support agricultural producers, ensure the sowing campaign in Ukraine, as well as the food needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and military units.
The scientific center received plant protection products for a total amount of UAH 276.66 million. Evdokimov, as the director of the enterprise, did not record the received pesticides on the balance sheet of the NIAC "TD NAANU". The specified pesticides were transported for storage to the warehouse. As the detective noted, scientific institutions and state enterprises - research farms under the jurisdiction of the NAAS of Ukraine, did not receive plant protection products from the Fastiv RMA. Evdokimov was put on the wanted list and the NABU requested his arrest.
To choose a preventive measure in the form of detention for the suspect (Olexandr Yevdokimov – ed.). After the detention (Yevdokimov – ed.), and no later than 48 hours from the time of his delivery to the place of criminal proceedings, to consider with his participation the issue of applying the selected preventive measure in the form of detention or changing it to a milder preventive measure
Subsequently, the High Anti-Corruption Court took into custody in absentia the Deputy Director of the Scientific Information and Analytical Center "Trading House of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine" within the structure of the NAAS, Oleksandr Yevdokimov.
NABU and SAPO also suspect Yevdokimov of organizing a scheme to seize UAH 28.5 million from the state-owned enterprise "Research Farm "Stavydlyanske". As part of the pre-trial investigation, it was established that employees of the state-owned enterprise "DH Stavydlyanske" in 2021 concluded contracts for the supply of wheat and sunflower seeds with a predetermined company, which ensured the sale of agricultural products at an undervalue.
In turn, the deputy director of the center, Yevdokimov, took on the responsibility of finding enterprises-buyers of agricultural products that would buy products at market prices, opening appropriate bank accounts and further processing the funds received, distributing them among the accomplices in the crime. As a result, the implementation of this scheme caused losses to the state enterprise in the amount of more than 28.5 million UAH. He was also arrested in absentia in this case .
To refuse to grant the request of the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office to conduct special court proceedings in criminal proceedings against (Evdokimov - ed.), who is accused of committing a crime under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
Currently, Yevdokimov is hiding from the pre-trial investigation authorities.
Later, it became known that the High Anti-Corruption Court refused to try in absentia the former deputy director of the Trading House of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, Oleksandr Yevdokimov, in the case of causing UAH 28.5 million in damages to the state enterprise "Research Farm "Stavydlyanske" from the structure of the NAAS.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: among the suspects in organizing the scheme to appropriate UAH 28.5 million from the state enterprise “Research Farm “Stavydlianske”: the director of the State Enterprise “DH Stavydlianske” — Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the chief accountant of the State Enterprise “DH Stavydlianske” — Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the director of the LLC — Part 2 of Article 27, Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Three persons were detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Assets: In his 2020 tax return, Yevdokimov listed an apartment and a garage. In addition, he declared a 2018 Opel Insignia Sports Tourer worth UAH 202,271. The tax return also reflected income received in the form of wages in the amount of UAH 104,205.
Persons who should have reacted: in the case of Yevdokymovych, law enforcement officers reacted in a timely manner, but he is still hiding from the investigation and is at large.
Scandals: There is no information in open sources about other scandals in which Yevdokimov would appear.
Sources:
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/77e054d7-ea86-44e6-9bc0-0a0eb76be6be