The former head of the State Property Fund was declared wanted

NABU announced the search for the ex-head of the State Property Fund, Dmytro Sennichenko, and six others involved in the case of fraud with state property.

The Bureau is looking for Dmytro Sennichenko, Andrii Hmyrin, Pavel Prysiazhniuk, Mykola Parsentiev, Oleksandr Gorbunenko, Artur Somov and Volodymyr Kolot.

The listed persons are members of a criminal organization involved in the seizure of more than half a billion UAH of funds of JSC “Odesa Port Plant” and JSC “United Mining and Chemical Company”, the NABU Telegram channel reported.

The group was headed by the ex-head of the State Property Fund — he was a corruption whistleblower three times, submitting relevant statements to NABU. In fact, he eliminated “competitors” at enterprises from the FSMU sphere, so that only a company under the control of a criminal organization could make money.

It will be recalled that on March 22 NABU exposed a criminal group led by the former head of the State Property Fund. According to the investigation, the criminal organization operated with the funds of state enterprises in the period 2019-2021.

During the mentioned time, Dmytro Sennychenko was the head of the State Property Fund.

Nine other participants in the criminal proceedings were notified of the suspicion:

• a person close to the head of the FSMU who is considered a co-organizer of the crime;

adviser to the head of the Federal State University;

• two persons who at different times held the positions of acting directors of JSC “Odesa Port Plant”;

• Acting director of JSC “United Mining and Chemical Company”;

• two owners of LLC, winners of the auction at “ort Plant”;

• two more natural persons whom the investigation considers complicit in the crime.

It is noted that the criminal group was created in order to take control of the most important objects of management of the FSMU in such economic sectors as mining, processing, fuel and energy, etc.

In essence, Odesa Port Plant members sought the appointment of their proteges to the management bodies of state-owned enterprises, whose vision was the sale of raw materials, the provision of services and the use of state resources. All this, according to the investigation, was done purely for the benefit of the criminal group.

Contracts were concluded with companies controlled by criminals, the terms of which were unfavorable to the state and at the same time allowed the participants of the conspiracy to obtain an undue benefit.

The SAP believes that due to the efforts of Sennichenko, persons under his control were appointed to the management bodies of JSC “Odesa Port Plant”, which allowed them to seize the funds of JSC “Odesa Port Plant”. The aforementioned contracts provided for the processing of the customer’s raw materials at an undervalued price.

As a result, from May 2020 to October 2021, JSC Odesa Port plant lost 390,970,234 hryvnias. Losses from four contracts of JSC “UMCC”, which provided for the shipment of titanium raw materials at an undervalued price, amounted to 118,337,425.

Suspects can be sentenced to up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.

Dmytro Volodymyrovych Sennychenko (49 years old) — Ukrainian economist, financier, known for attracting investments to Ukraine, adviser to the general director, director of infrastructure and property management, director of real estate and infrastructure management of “Ukrposhta” (October 3, 2016 – September 30, 2018); civil servant. Head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine (2019 — 02/17/2022).