Thanks to SBI, the person involved in the investigation of military payments embezzlement reimbursed over UAH 600 thousand to the budget

Through the SBI investigation, an officer of a military unit who embezzled money from servicemen reimbursed part of the stolen money in the amount of over UAH 600,000.

Earlier this year, SBI employees uncovered a criminal scheme in which two officers of a military unit in Dnipro region embezzled more than UAH 3.5 million intended for payments to military personnel.

The head of the staff department and the head of the military unit forged documents and "enlisted" about 10 civilians. These people had nothing to do with the service, but simply received salaries, including additional payments for alleged participation in hostilities.

This money was then transferred to the organisers of the scheme, who managed to obtain UAH 3.5 million in this way.

During the investigation, one of the defendants even tried to bribe a SBI employee for USD 10,000. The military officer was detained in February as he was handing over the bribe. He was served a notice of suspicion under the article on giving an unlawful benefit to an official (part 3 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

Both officers were also served a notice of suspicion of misappropriation of property by abuse of office (Article 191(5) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 12 years.

Both defendants are currently in custody.

During the investigation of the criminal proceedings, the detained chief of the military unit voluntarily reimbursed the military unit over UAH 600,000.

The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.

The State Bureau of Investigation once again appeals to all officials and commanders: enrichment in war and of the military during hostilities is a crime that has neither legal nor moral justification. Sooner or later, all fraudulent schemes will be exposed and their participants brought to justice.