In the Kyiv region, a contractor seized UAH 500 thousand from the budget for the repair of shelters in high-rise buildings

In the Kyiv region, a contractor suspected of embezzlement of funds for the repair of shelters in high-rise buildings in the city of Bucha will be tried. According to the data presented, the director of the contracting company is also charged with forgery of documents and legalization of property obtained illegally.

This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.

It was established that during 2022, agreements were concluded with a limited liability company for the ongoing repair of four civil protection buildings in multi-apartment residential buildings in the city.

“However, the contractor performed the repair work provided for in the design and estimate documentation poorly, not in full, and also significantly overestimated their cost and the amount of materials used in the reporting documents,” the prosecutor’s office notes.

It turned out that as a result of the actions of the contractor, his company received more than half a million hryvnia of budget funds into its accounts, which he disposed of at his own discretion.

Judging by this, under the procedural leadership of the Buchansky District Prosecutor's Office, an indictment was sent to the court against the director of the company on the facts of misappropriation of budget funds, official forgery and legalization of property obtained by criminal means (part 4 of article 191, part 1 of article 366, part .1). 1 tbsp.

There was also a charge of professional negligence against a utility company's technical supervision engineer, who failed to properly check the repair work and approved documentation containing false information.

Currently, the prosecutor's office is taking measures to compensate for the damage caused to the territorial society by filing an appropriate claim in the interests of the state.