Yesterday, on March 23, searches were held by the persons involved in the theft of funds during the preparations for the European Championships held in Ukraine and Poland in 2012. This was reported on his page in Facebook by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko.

"Yesterday we conducted dozens of simultaneous searches for the defendants of the restored case of embezzlement during Euro 2012. As the seized documents show, they stole on a grand scale.

Step one - understating the cost of customs clearance. For example, an armchair bought for $ 78 from the manufacturer was issued at a price of $ 6. As a result, the state received the first million losses.

Step two - the same chair was driven through a chain of front companies and sold NSC "Olympic" for $ 189. In the arena of 70050 seats. Overstatement of public spending amounted to about $ 8 million.

Similar schemes have been identified in other purchases, "Lutsenko wrote.