In Sambir, a former director of a municipal enterprise and a technical supervision engineer will be tried for fictitious well repairs.
Prosecutors from the Sambir District Prosecutor’s Office have brought charges against the former director of one of Sambir’s municipal enterprises and a technical supervision engineer. The investigation found that one of the suspects, abusing his official position, organized a scheme to embezzle money from the municipal enterprise he was directing at that time.
For this purpose, he involved his subordinate, who was also the head of a company that installs water supply systems. In addition, a private entrepreneur, who was a technical supervision engineer, also participated in the ‘scheme’. The plan involved signing a contract for well repairs with subsequent allocation of budgetary funds, although there were no plans to conduct repair works.
Thus, in 2022, the municipal enterprise signed a contract with a contractor. To ensure the selection of ‘their’ contractor, the contract was signed without open bidding and without using the electronic procurement system, which violates the law. Subsequently, the director of the contracting company included false information in the reports about the complete fulfillment of obligations. The technical supervision engineer, ignoring the actual state of affairs, approved the documentation. Based on these documents, the director of the municipal enterprise signed the payment. In reality, no repairs occurred.
As a result of these improper actions, the Sambir City Council suffered damages exceeding 1 million UAH. The accused’s actions were classified as follows: the former director of the municipal enterprise – Part 2 of Article 364, Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – abuse of office and falsifying official documents; the technical supervision engineer – Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – official negligence.
As for the director of the contractor company, the case materials have been separated into a separate proceeding, with the pre-trial investigation ongoing. He is accused of embezzling someone else’s property through abuse of office and entering false information into official documents (Part 5 of Article 191, Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The pre-trial investigation is conducted by the Sambir District Police Department of the National Police Main Directorate in Lviv region, with operational support from the Sambir District Department of the Security Service of Ukraine in Lviv region.
Note: According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven according to law and established by a court verdict.