The prosecutor's office announced suspicion of embezzlement of 150 million hryvnia during the construction of the Podolsky bridge to the management of the utility company, the general contractor and contractors.
This was reported by the press service of the Kiev City Prosecutor's Office on the Facebook page..
" 5 st. 191, h. 2 st. 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) "
It was established that in April 2017 between the KP " Dnipro in city. Kiev " To fulfill this contract, in November 2019, the general contractor hired contractors to allegedly provide services for the use of hired non-standard equipment with operators (machinists and support personnel), including the movement of heavy loads and other additional services..
During 2020, on the basis of the signed acceptance certificates of the work performed, funds totaling about UAH 148 million were transferred from the budget.. The performance of work for the above amount is not documented and in fact, according to the prosecutor's office.
During August-November 2020, between the construction customer, the general contractor and the contractors, acts of acceptance of the work performed on the device of anti-corrosion protection of metal elements of the supporting structures of the bridge span were drawn up and signed. But according to the experts' opinion, the volume and cost of the work performed do not correspond to the information specified in the documents.. The amount of overstatement is about UAH 1.8 million.
In connection with the violations identified, the first deputy head of the KP and the head of the general contracting organization were informed of new suspicions on new established episodes for h. 2 st. 367 (negligence) of the Criminal Code and h. 5 st. 191 (misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property through abuse of office) of the Criminal Code, respectively.
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A report of suspicion was handed over. 5 st. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine to two heads of contractors who were actually involved in performing work at inflated prices and cashing out funds.
The total amount of damage caused to the capital's budget for these episodes is about UAH 150 million, the prosecutor's office said..
The department recalled that on August 16, 2021, the aforementioned head of the KP and the general contractor was informed of the suspicion of h. 2 st. 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and h. 5 st. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, respectively, due to the overestimation of the cost of painting the spans of the Podolsky Bridge in the amount of more than 4.5 million hryvnia.
Pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings continues.
Earlier it was reported that preparatory work began in Kiev for the construction of the Podolsko-Vyhurovskaya metro line, which is also called the "
According to the deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration Alexander Gustelev, the fourth metro line will be built in several stages.. At the same time, during the first stage, they will work on the section from the Glybochitskaya station to the Raduzhnaya station.
Also on October 5, the Kiev city prosecutor's office came with searches to several utilities, including Kievteploenergo and Kievvodokanal. Searches are carried out in order to establish the facts of embezzlement of public funds.