Investigators of the territorial administration of the State Bureau of Investigation, located in the city of Khmelnitsky, reported suspicion to 6 members of a criminal group, including the commander of one of the military units, which is deployed in the Vinnitsa region, who, by prior conspiracy, seized large-scale defense funds.

The investigation established that the commander of the military unit admitted payment for outstanding work on the construction of the road. By overstating the volume and cost of work performed in December 2017, the head of the company, its owner and individual entrepreneur appropriated UAH 3,200,000.

During June-July 2019, these same individuals appropriated almost 16 million budget funds received as an advance payment for paving construction services that they were not going to fulfill.

After that, the suspects legalized the funds through individual entrepreneurs, whose activities were subsequently suspended, the press service of the State Duma.

Thus, the commander of a military unit is suspected of neglect of military service, committed in a special period, except for martial law (h. 3 tbsp. 425 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The organizer, one of the performers and two accomplices are suspected of misappropriation of property by abuse of official position on an especially large scale, legalization (laundering) of property obtained by criminal means committed by an organized group (h. 5 tbsp. 191 and h. 2 tbsp. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). Another contractor is suspected of misappropriation of property by abuse of official position on an especially large scale committed by an organized group and official forgery, which entailed serious consequences (h. 5 tbsp. 191 and h. 2 tbsp. 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).