Mayor of Poltava Oleksandr Mamay was sued for organizing the embezzlement of more than half a million hryvnias and was dismissed from his post in pursuance of a court verdict, SAP reports..

Mamai was found guilty of organizing the embezzlement of property by abusing his official position, as well as organizing the introduction of deliberately false information into official documents, which caused losses to the local budget in the amount of more than 570 thousand. UAH.

The corresponding verdict of the WACS dated 02. 03. 2023 came into force on April 4. On April 12, the executive committee of the Poltava city council dismissed Mamai and issued a work book with a corresponding entry, in accordance with the requirements of the law.

As part of the pre-trial investigation, it was established that the mayor, in collusion with the director and accountant of the municipal organization " In order to pay salaries to these persons, officials of the municipal organization entered inaccurate information in the timesheets, which caused more than half a million hryvnia losses to the local budget.

In view of the fact that the mayor of the city compensated the damage, fully admitted his guilt and sincerely repents, the court sentenced him to five years in prison with deprivation of the right to hold positions related to organizational and administrative or administrative and economic functions for a period of one year. Based on Art.. 75 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the court released him from punishment with a probationary period of one year.

Under the terms of the agreement, the mayor is also obliged to transfer UAH 2 million to the United 24 Fund for the joint project of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the State Service for Special Communications and the Ministry of Digital Transformation - the "

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Other defendants in the case, namely two perpetrators and two accomplices in embezzlement, also pleaded guilty and entered into agreements with the prosecutor, which were also approved by the court.. They were sentenced to five years in prison with a probationary period of 1 year and deprivation of the right to hold positions related to organizational and administrative or administrative functions for a period of 1 year.

According to p. 3 h. 1 st.

79 of the Law of Ukraine " The verdict can be appealed on appeal within 30 days from the date of its announcement by filing an appeal with the Appeals Chamber of the VAKS.

On December 29, 2022, Mamai was also declared suspected of disclosing information about the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the context of a full-scale war with Russia. However, in January, the Kyiv District Court of Poltava refused to satisfy the petition to place the mayor in custody..

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