The state ship owner lost $150,000 as a result of fraud
4.10.2022 - 10:10
The State Bureau of Investigation reported the suspicion of the ex-director of the state-owned enterprise, who embezzled almost 150,000 dollars.
The employees of the SBI informed about the suspicion of the ex-director of the state enterprise “Service”: in 2014, he illegally transferred 147.5 thousand US dollars to an account in a russian bank on the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
The investigation established that the ex-director deliberately opened an account in a russian bank already at the beginning of the occupation of Crimea, so that the funds would become unavailable to the Ukrainian side.
The state enterprise received these funds from the lease of two sea vessels.
The official was informed of suspicion of embezzlement of property due to abuse of official position in a particularly large amount (Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of up to 12 years.
Currently, the issue of carrying out a special pre-trial investigation is being resolved, since the suspect is in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.
