The Security Service of Ukraine, together with the Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure, exposed large-scale corruption in the Yuzhne branch of the State Enterprise "Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine".

This was reported by the SBU press service.

The law enforcement officers revealed that the head of the branch of the state institution in 2017-2018 and two of his subordinates were involved in the organization of illegal activities.

According to the investigation, in May 2017, the officials concluded a contract with a commercial structure for dredging works in the water area of ​​the "South" seaport.

At the same time, the cost of the relevant works was artificially inflated.

SBU law enforcement officers learned that state money was transferred to the contractor's accounts, but the actual amount of work did not correspond to the documents.

In this way, more than 90 million hryvnias were "laundered" from the state-owned enterprise.

Photo: Security Service of Ukraine

Within the framework of criminal proceedings initiated under part 2 of Art.

367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, three organizers of the event were notified of suspicion of committing a crime.

The issue of choosing a preventive measure is being resolved.

The investigation is ongoing.

We will remind, on February 3, investigators of the National Police informed the adviser of the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine (on public grounds) about the suspicion of taking over the funds of the Ministry of Defense in particularly large amounts.

It is about the procurement situation for the Armed Forces.

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