Case description
Former MP Mykola Martynenko is accused of embezzling EUR 6.4 million from Energoatom. The embezzlement allegedly occurred during tenders for the procurement of equipment for the Ukrainian nuclear power plants.
According to the investigation, in 2009–2012, Martynenko, together with members of the group that he had organized, increased the prices of bids for the procurement of equipment for the Ukrainian nuclear power plants from the Czech company Skoda JS. As a result, Energoatom overpaid this company EUR 6.4 million, which was then transferred to the Swiss accounts of the Panamanian firm Bradcrest Investment S.A., controlled by Martynenko, and laundered under the guise of a service fee.
Among the defendants in the case are Energoatom director Valerii Vasylkov; Volodymyr Sviatnenko, director of a separate unit, and Pavlo Skalenko, representative of a fictitious company.
For such actions, all the defendants are charged under Article 191, part 5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and three of them are regarded as Martynenko’s accomplices.
On June 17, 2022, the case materials were separated into two episodes due to the large number of participants on the part of the defense, failure to appear following court subpoenas, and the large number of criminal proceedings.
The second episode concerns the embezzlement of USD 17.2 million from Eastern Ore Dressing Complex State Enterprise, as well as Martynenko receiving EUR 311,600 of an improper advantage for lobbying the interests of the Czech company Skoda JS.
