Law enforcement officers conducted authorized searches on the facts of abuse of office and misappropriation of funds for the purchase of ambulances. Now criminal proceedings have been opened.

Thus, searches were carried out at the place of residence of the head and owner of the ambulance company, as well as in office premises, in particular, the customer. Recall that recently searches were carried out at oil depots in the Odessa and Cherkasy regions.

Searches for the purchase of ambulances

As it became known, in 2021, contracts totaling UAH 1.3 billion were signed between the state-owned enterprise and the winner of public procurement, in particular, under a simplified procedure. The contractor was to deliver 815 ambulances on December 15 and 28, 2021.

The customer paid for everything. The contracts indicated responsibility in case of violation of the delivery time – the imposition of penalties and penalties.

Having repeatedly concluded relevant additional agreements, the customer officially extended the delivery. Thus, the supplier managed to avoid any sanctions, and the customer did not apply them, – law enforcement officers said.

In January 2023, deliveries were made only under four agreements – these are 97 cars worth UAH 211.7 million , seven each were extended until April 2023, seven more contracts were terminated.

Therefore, law enforcement officers conducted searches at the place of residence of the head and owner of the supplier company and in office premises, in particular the customer.

How the searches were carried out / photo Office of the Prosecutor General

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SBU exposes large-scale embezzlement schemes in Ukrnafta

Earlier, the SBU conducted searches at the home of oligarch Igor Kolomoisky. Law enforcement officers exposed large-scale schemes for embezzlement of 40 billion hryvnias at PJSC Ukrnafta and PJSC Ukrtatnafta.

The SBU stated that illegal mechanisms were connected with tax evasion and money laundering.