The former director of the utility company for the provision of ritual services in Kiev will stand before the court for a large -scale corruption scheme. Together with the two accomplices, he fictitiously made more than two dozen "dead souls" and took over 21 million hryvnias. The National Police reported this on June 27.
According to the investigation, during 2020-2023 the head of the ritual service issued 23 persons for the positions of cleaners of cemeteries. All of them were fictitious workers - in fact, these people did not go to work, but regularly received wages for bank cards, controlled by the director himself.
The criminal scheme envisaged a coordinated cooperation of several persons. The head of the personnel department signed the working time report, certifying the fictitious presence of "employees", while another accomplice - the former employee of the enterprise - was engaged in withdrawal of cash from ATMs. The received funds came to controlled accounts or withdrew in cash.
As a result of the implementation of this scheme, the defendants took possession of UAH 21 million. Law enforcement officers have carried out a number of procedural actions, which resulted in the reimbursement of almost UAH 16 million.
The indictment against three persons has already been sent to court. They are charged with the organization and implementation of a corruption scheme using office, forgery of official documents and the seizure of utilities.
