Case description
Former Deputy Defense Minister Ihor Pavlovskyi and six other defendants are accused of embezzling UAH 58 million during the procurement of fuel for the army.
At the beginning of 2016, the tender committee of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine organized a tender for the procurement of various types of fuel for the army worth over UAH 1.2 billion. Trade Commodity LLC won the tender and signed 14 fuel supply agreements in May 2016.
According to the investigation, the procuring entity and the supplier, in the absence of any legal grounds, concluded additional agreements stating an unjustified increase in the price per unit of goods by 16%. As a result, UAH 58 million was illegally transferred from the budget.
In addition to Pavlovskyi, six other people are involved in the case: Vadym Trofymenko, owner of the awarded LLC; Vadym Maiko, director of the company (hiding abroad); and Volodymyr Harkavyi, commercial director; as well as former Defense Ministry officials Volodymyr Hulievych, Borys Malysh, and Ihor Shemovniov. All of them are charged under Article 191, part 5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Ihor Pavlovskyi is also a defendant in the Kuznia na Rybalskomu case and the case of defense procurement of overpriced Bogdan trucks.
