Case description
The NABU and SAPO accuse three Ukrzaliznychpostach officials and one Ukrzaliznytsia official of misappropriation and embezzlement through abuse of office, causing particularly large financial losses to the state-owned enterprise.
According to the investigation, in 2015, the officials conspired with private company representatives to procure hardware products at inflated prices.
The case involves:
- Nadiia Bohdan, Director of Inkomm LLC.
- Dmytro Tsivun, Financial Director of Souz-Energo LLC.
- Yevhen Khoroshchak, former Director of Ukrzaliznychpostach.
- Roman Kravchuk, Khoroshchak's former deputy.
- Andrii Stepanenko, Head of the Track Superstructure Department at Ukrzaliznychpostach.
Thus, the investigation alleges that Bohdan prepared a fictitious certificate, enabling the tender committee of Ukrzaliznychpostach to accept the proposal from Inkomm LLC despite its non-compliance with the tender documentation. Furthermore, the defendants submitted false information that the company had made a profit in 2015 and had no overdue accounts payable.
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Due to inflated procurement prices for hardware products, the state-owned enterprise suffered losses exceeding UAH 20 million. In 2016, the same group attempted a similar scheme, but the Antimonopoly Committee intervened and canceled the procurement, preventing additional losses of nearly UAH 44 million.
The defendants were charged under Article 191, Part 5 and Article 209, Part 3 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Based on plea agreements, the HACC found Nadiia Bohdan and Dmytro Tsivun guilty. They were sentenced to five years in prison with a two-year probationary period, fined UAH 17,000, and banned from holding certain positions for three years. Also, they were ordered to pay UAH 100,000 in procedural costs and pledged to transfer UAH 2 million to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Notably, former MP Ishchenko and Ukrainian businessman Oleksii Bilenkyi, believed to be a beneficiary of the Inkomm group of companies, are also suspects in this case.
