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UAH 28 mln in losses at Odesa CHPP: the case of Yevhenii Lakhnenko

  • Date of commencement of the case: 07/11/2019
  • Instance: HACC
  • Stage of criminal proceedings: Judicial proceedings
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UAH 28 mln in losses at Odesa CHPP: the case of Yevhenii Lakhnenko UAH 28 mln in losses at Odesa CHPP: the case of Yevhenii Lakhnenko

Case description

The NABU and SAPO have charged Yevhenii Lakhnenko of the restructuring of Odesa Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP), with causing UAH 28 million in damages to the company. If convicted, he faces 7 to 12 years in prison.

According to the investigation, in spring 2016, Yevhenii Lakhnenko, a sanation administrator of Odesa Combined Heat and Power Plant PJSC signed a gas supply contract with a company that, at the time, had no technical capacity to deliver the service. Despite this, he transferred UAH 28 million to the company.

 

Yevhenii Lakhnenko. Rhoto credit: UNIAN
Yevhenii Lakhnenko. Rhoto credit: UNIAN

The scheme was relatively simple: sign a contract with Holding Energy Company Energomerezha, which had no real production capabilities but held the formal legal capacity to enter into such agreements. The State Audit Service later identified violations. The NEURC also concluded that the contract violated the law, since Odesa CHP had a significant debt to Naftogaz of Ukraine at the time of signing. Letters from Naftogaz and Ukrtransgaz confirmed there were no gas deliveries from Energomerezha in 2015–2016.

As a result, UAH 28 million was effectively siphoned off from the enterprise’s accounts, causing substantial harm.

Lakhnenko has been charged under Article 191(5) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. If found guilty, he faces 7 to 12 years of imprisonment, confiscation of property, and a ban on holding certain positions for up to 3 years. The proceedings are currently suspended as Lakhnenko is serving in the military.

 

  • Proceeding No.: 52018000000000947
  • Case No.: 523/2545/19
  • Incriminated: Article 191, part 5
Instance Key parties Instance /Key parties:
HACC
07/11/2019

Panel of judges: Halabala M.V., Kryklyvyi V.V., Nohachevskyi V.V.

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THE CASE OF YEVHENII LAKHNENKO

Yevhenii Lakhnenko is charged with causing UAH 28 million in losses to Odesa CHP by signing a fictitious gas supply contract with an affiliated company.

Article 191(5) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

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    March 2, 2016
    According to the investigation, Lakhnenko signed a contract with a company that had no technical capacity to supply gas
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    September 26, 2018
    Lakhnenko was notified of suspicion
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    October 12, 2018
    Court set bail at UAH 525,000
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    November 4, 2019
    Indictment submitted to the High Anti-Corruption Court
  • November 7, 2019
    Preparatory hearing scheduled at HACC
  • December 9, 2019
    The HACC Appeals Chamber refused to transfer the case to Suvorivskyi District Court of Odesa
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    January 8, 2020
    The Supreme Court refused to initiate cassation proceedings
  • February 6, 2020
    Trial began at the HACC
  • June 8, 2023
    The HACC suspended the proceedings due to Lakhnenko’s military service

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