Under the procedural leadership of the Chervonograd District Prosecutor’s Office, indictments against the former head of one of the village councils of the district and the director of the association were sent to court. They are charged with embezzlement of budget funds and official forgery (Part 4 of Article 191, Part 2 of Article 28 – Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
It was established that at the end of 2018, a contract on construction work was concluded between one of the village councils of the Lviv region and the company headed by the suspect.
According to the terms of the contract, the company had to build a kindergarten-nursery and carry out a number of works.
Later, in order to seize budget funds, the contractor provided a forged certificate of completed works. In it, he indicated the work that he had not completed in full. In particular, children’s slides and benches are not installed, the territory is not organized, lighting is not installed, etc.
In turn, the head of the village accepted and illegally signed a knowingly false act of completed works.
Thus, more than UAH 360,000 was unjustifiably transferred from the budget to the economic entity for works that were not actually performed.
For reference, we note that within the framework of the criminal proceedings, a lawsuit was sent to the court to recover the damage caused from the defendants.
Their property – real estate and vehicles – was seized.
The pre-trial investigation was carried out by investigators of the Chervonograd district police department of the Main Department of the National Police in the Lviv region under the operational support of the Strategic Investigations Department in the Lviv region of the National Police of Ukraine.
Note: in accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt is proven in a legal manner and established by a court verdict.
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