The Security Service exposed officials of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration for embezzlement of more than UAH 90 million, the SBU reported.. It is indicated that the head of the branch of the state institution in 2017-2018 and two of his subordinates were involved in organizing illegal activities.

The investigation found that in May 2017, officials signed an agreement with a commercial structure. According to the document, the latter was supposed to deepen the bottom in the waters of the seaport Yuzhny. At the same time, the cost of such work is artificially inflated..

“It was established that state money was transferred to the contractor’s accounts, but the actual amount of work did not match the documents. Thus, more than UAH 90 million was withdrawn from the state enterprise into the shadows,” the SBU noted..

The three organizers were informed of suspicions in the framework of a case initiated under h. 2 st. 367 (malpractice - ed.. ) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The issue of choosing a measure of restraint is being decided. An investigation is ongoing to establish all the circumstances of the offense and the possible additional qualification of the criminal actions of the defendants..

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Earlier it was reported that the SBU exposed a large-scale corruption scheme organized by the leadership of the Sumy District Police Department in order to appropriate public funds allocated to the region to eliminate the consequences of hostilities and Russian shelling, including the restoration of damaged infrastructure.

Law enforcement officers have already reported suspicions to two defendants in the case - the deputy head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration and the acting head of the Department of Capital Construction - under part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code (misappropriation or embezzlement of property on an especially large scale during the war through abuse of official position, carried out under.