A scheme to embezzle nearly 60 million UAH from "Ukrenergo" has been uncovered, according to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU).

In Ukraine, an organized group has been uncovered, whose members caused nearly 60 million UAH in damages to PrAT "NEK "Ukrenergo." According to the investigation, in April 2022, the former deputy head of the Kharkiv Regional Council created an organized group to seize electricity from the Unified Energy System of Ukraine and to launder money from its sale.

This was reported by NABU.

He involved the head of a private company as an executor and its founder as an accomplice, while he himself acted as an investor in this company, as stated in the announcement.

According to the investigation, the group members had previously acquired three companies with licenses for electricity supply, which in June 2022 received electricity from the Unified Energy System of Ukraine and transferred it to a controlled company for sale to end consumers. At the same time, the financial responsibility for the received electricity fell on the aforementioned shell companies, NABU reported.

The funds obtained from the sale of electricity were never received by PrAT "NEK "Ukrenergo." To conceal the source of the funds, they were transferred to the accounts of financial companies under the guise of loan repayments. For a fee of 0.5% of the transfer amount, the financial companies redirected these funds to other controlled companies, which then transferred them to the account of a non-resident company registered in the Republic of Bulgaria, emphasized NABU's press service.

Currently, three individuals have been notified of suspicion: the former deputy head, a former deputy of the Kharkiv Regional Council; the director of a private company; and the founder of a private company.