In the Lviv region, law enforcement officers have uncovered a scheme under which a military unit lost almost one million hryvnias due to fictitious documents relating to the installation and commissioning of a gas-fired hot-water boiler. This was reported by the Office of the Security Service of Ukraine in Lviv region and the Specialised Defence Prosecutor’s Office for the Western region.
According to the investigation, those allegedly involved in the offence are a 34-year-old serviceman, deputy head of department – head of the housing and maintenance service of the logistics support department, and a 61-year-old entrepreneur, director of a private company. In 2023–2024, the serviceman assisted the entrepreneur and removed obstacles to the preparation and issuance of knowingly false official documents.
Investigators established that the entrepreneur prepared service acceptance certificates containing inflated or unreliable information about the actual scope and cost of works for the installation and commissioning of a gas-fired hot-water boiler in the military unit. The serviceman signed these certificates and submitted them for payment, as a result of which, according to the investigation, the perpetrators misappropriated funds belonging to the military unit in the amount of about one million hryvnias.
The serviceman has been notified of suspicion of aiding and abetting in the preparation and issuance of knowingly false official documents, as well as aiding and abetting in the misappropriation of another’s property through abuse of office, committed by a group of persons acting in prior conspiracy, repeatedly, on a large scale and under martial law (Part 5 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 366, Part 5 of Article 27, Part 4 of Article 191, Part 5 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 366, Part 5 of Article 27, Part 4 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The entrepreneur is charged with the preparation and issuance of knowingly false official documents, as well as the misappropriation of another’s property through abuse of office, committed by a group of persons acting in prior conspiracy, repeatedly, on a large scale and under martial law (Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 366, Part 4 of Article 191, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 366, Part 4 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The maximum penalty provided for by the sanctions of the articles in question is imprisonment for up to eight years, with disqualification from holding certain positions or engaging in certain activities for up to three years. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, and the final measure of liability will be determined by the court.