Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation detained a Lviv businessman, one of the largest suppliers of the Ministry of Defense, who offered a bribe of 500 thousand US dollars to one of the heads of the Bureau’s Main Investigation Department for assistance in the return of property seized from companies under his control during the investigation.
Source: press service GBR, Attorney General’s Officeinterlocutor of “Ukrainian Pravda” in law enforcement agencies
Details: According to the UP source, we are talking about Igor Grinkevich
It is noted that several months ago the Bureau initiated criminal proceedings into transactions involving the purchase of clothing and linen for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Lviv businessman’s companies won 23 tenders to supply the Ministry of Defense with clothing worth more than UAH 1.5 billion.
During the investigation, it was established that enterprises controlled by the businessman, which were previously engaged in construction and did not have adequate production, warehouse and other facilities for the manufacture and storage of clothing for the needs of the Ministry of Defense, were involved in the implementation of defense orders. This led to budget losses, according to preliminary estimates, of UAH 1.2 billion and, accordingly, a disruption in supplies.
Law enforcement officers discovered a complete failure to fulfill 6 contracts. Under at least 7 agreements, enterprises delivered goods to the warehouses of military units only in small quantities, but received government funds for full fulfillment of obligations.
It was also found that 8 contracts were completed with a delay of 3 to 5 months.
An analysis of foreign economic contacts and customs documents of these enterprises revealed facts of overestimation of the cost of goods supplied to the municipal government. The involvement in the transactions of former officials of the Ministry of Defense, who did not carry out any legal actions to ensure the implementation or termination of contracts, is being verified.
According to preliminary estimates, the amount of losses could reach more than UAH 1 billion.
The pre-trial investigation continues.
The issue of informing the defendant of suspicion under Part 3 of Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Offer, promise or provision of unlawful benefit to an official) and the choice of a preventive measure in the form of detention.
The sanction of the article provides for punishment – imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
Additionally: As Tabloid wrote earlier, the daughter of a businessman Olga Grinkevich used VIP car “Ukrzaliznytsia”
2023-12-29 13:19:26
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