The former head of the department of administrative and economic activities of the Kyiv customs and his accomplice, who organized the theft of goods worth more than 40 million hryvnias, were taken into custody with a possible bail, the State Bureau of Investigation reported..

For the ex-official, the court provided for the possibility of making a bail in the amount of UAH 27.2 million, and his accomplices in the amount of UAH 13.9 million.

Already the former head of the department of administrative and economic activities of the Kyiv customs appropriated and resold smartphones, construction and household goods for a total amount of more than 40 million. hryvnia, which were stored in customs warehouses.

To do this, he organized the production of dummies, which did not differ from the outside and in weight from the original goods..

The organizer of the scheme was notified of suspicion of the theft of someone else's property, committed repeatedly, by prior conspiracy by a group of persons, connected with penetration into the vault (h. 4 st. 185, h. 5 st. 185 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The sanction of the articles provides for imprisonment for up to 12 years with confiscation of property. Pre-trial investigation continues.

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