Lviv businessman Ihor Hrynkevych, who was detained for offering a bribe to a State Bureau of Investigation investigator, has been served with a new suspicion of causing large losses to the state budget of Ukraine. This is reported by the State Bureau of Investigation.
Four other members of the organization were also served with suspicion notices, who together caused almost one billion hryvnias in losses to the state budget of Ukraine in transactions involving the procurement of clothing and underwear for the Armed Forces.
Investigators found that the businessman's companies, which were previously engaged in construction, entered into 23 contracts for the supply of clothing to the Ministry of Defense for more than UAH 1.5 billion. The goods supplied were of inadequate quality. According to the expert examinations, the state suffered losses of more than UAH 934 million.
"Five members of the criminal organization were served a notice of suspicion of creating and participating in a criminal organization and of seizing another's property by breach of trust (fraud) committed under martial law, on a particularly large amounts, by a criminal organization (Part 5 of Article 190, Part 1.2 of Article 255 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," the SBI said.
Currently, the members of the organization have been detained and the issue of choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention is being decided.
