The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor`s Office (SAPO) have completed the investigation into the misappropriation of grain worth UAH 14.8 million. On Aug. 12, 2022, the case file was disclosed to the defense for review before its referral to court.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor`s Office (SAPO) have identified new participants in the scheme to embezzle UAH 12.3 million from Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP (a part of “National Nuclear Energy Generating Company “Energoatom” SE) during the purchase of air conditioning systems. They are a financial director and the nominal head of two companies. On Aug. 12, 2022, both were notified of suspicion under Part 5 Article 27, Part 5 Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Suspicions against the previously established participants in the scheme, its organizer (the actual head of the two companies) and the head of an NPP's department, have been updated.
On Aug. 12, 2022, the head of a Poltava district court was notified of suspicion of fraud, incitement to bribery, and concealment of assets. His actions fall under Part 3 Art. 190, Part 2 Art. 15, Part 4 Art. 27, Part 3 Art. 369 and Part 1 Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Since the judge's whereabouts were unknown, the suspicion notice was served in absentia.
On Aug. 10, 2022, the National Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office issued indictments in the case of theft of 17.11 hectares of particularly valuable land, which caused UAH 11.6 million in losses to the state.
The National Bureau and the state-owned Ukrainian National Center for Peacebuilding, acting as the National Information Bureau (NIB), have joined efforts to promptly respond to the facts of human rights violations brought by the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine.