Food procurement scheme: ex-deputy minister of defense served with charges
On April 21, 2023, an interdepartmental investigation team comprising NABU detectives and SBI investigators, under the procedural guidance of SAPO prosecutors, notified the ex-deputy minister of defense and the former head of one of the MOD departments of suspicion of abuses in the procurement of food for the Armed Forces. The actions of the suspects caused almost UAH 12 million in damages and hindered the military from carrying out their direct duties to defend the country. They fall under Part 2 Art. 28, Part 2 Art. 114-1, Part 2 Art. 28, Part 2 Art. 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.