Expensive dredging: a 90 million UAH scheme was exposed in “Pivdennyi”.

Officials of the Ukrainian Sea Port Authority were exposed for embezzling over 90 million UAH.

The Security Service of Ukraine exposed a large-scale corruption scheme in the Pivdenna branch of the SE “Ukrainian Sea Port Authority”, the Security Service of Ukraine reports on Telegram.

The head of a branch of a 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, officials signed a contract for dredging works in the water area of the Pivdennyi seaport. At the same time, the cost of the relevant works was artificially inflated.

Officials transferred state funds to the contractor’s accounts, but the actual amount of work did not correspond to the documents. Thus, more than UAH 90 million was withdrawn from the state-owned enterprise into the “shadow”.

Within the framework of criminal proceedings initiated under Part 2 of Art. 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, three organizers of the scheme were informed of the suspicion. Currently, an investigation is underway to establish all the circumstances of the offense and possible additional qualification of the criminal actions of the participants.