Case description
The NABU and the SAPO suspect Oleh Hladkovskyi Sr. (Svynarchuk), former NSDC First Deputy Secretary, and former MoD officials of procuring military trucks at inflated prices.
According to the investigation, in 2017, Deputy MoD Ihor Pavlovskyi and ex-head of a MoD department Andrii Araptanov, in collusion with Oleh Hladkovskyi, procured trucks under a state defense order. Hladkovskyi's company, Bohdan Motors, was awarded a contract in the tender.
The government outlined a list of requirements in the tender, including a minimum 60% localization rate. Bohdan Motors' cars had only a 10% localization rate, which is why the requirements in the tender were later lobbied to 20%.
The company managed to adapt, and as it turned out later, shifted the costs of increasing localization to the national budget. The procurement contract did not provide for price revision, but despite this, the MoD officials increased the price, overpaying the company UAH 17.44 mln.
The defendants in the case were charged under Article 364, part 2 of the CCU. Oleh Hladkovskyi was arrested in 2019, but later he made bail and stopped appearing at court hearings. According to the NABU, Hladkovskyi Sr. fled abroad, which is why he was put on the wanted list in April 2024.
Ihor Pavlovskyi is also believed to be involved in the case of misappropriation of over UAH 149 mln public funds during the procurement of fuel for the MoD. Meanwhile, Oleh Hladkovskyi's son Ihor is a defendant in the “altimeter case.” According to the investigation, in 2016-2017, the defendants procured devices for military transport aircraft at prices that were almost 7 times deliberately inflated.
