The Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions was charged with illegal alienation of property worth more than UAH 138 million. According to an investigation involving the State Bureau of Investigation and the Security Service of Ukraine, in 2019 the FPU deputy, together with other officials, approved the illegal privatization of the building of the state resort balneological hospital in Kyiv.

According to the conclusion of the forensic examination, the total cost of the premises amounted to 138 million. 308 thousand. UAH. However, the hospital, which was not subject to alienation at all, was also sold at a much lower cost..

As noted in the SBU, the Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine and four former high-ranking officials of the Main Department of Communal Property of the Kyiv City State Administration were involved in organizing the transaction.. They were engaged in the illegal " Among the assigned real estate are sanatoriums, rehabilitation centers and educational and sports institutions.

According to the investigation, the “scheme” consisted in the fact that officials from the Kyiv City State Administration issued documents transferring the ownership of state facilities to the Federation of Trade Unions. Then these objects were sold at market value through controlled firms.. Thus, the International Center for Culture and Arts of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine, the tourist hotel "

Currently, a top union official has been reported suspected of. 5 st. 191 (appropriation, embezzlement or possession by abuse of official position, committed on an especially large scale or by an organized group) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The court ruled to place him in custody with an alternative in the form of bail in the amount of 124 million. UAH. , and also removed him from the post of Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine for a period of 2 months.

Four officials-accomplices from the Kyiv City State Administration are suspected of. 2 st. 364 (abuse of power or official position) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.