For the period from June to December 2022, the head of the group, using his controlled employees at Ukrzaliznytsia JSC, selected a pre-appointed company as a supplier of transformers at inflated prices.
This was reported by the NABU.
He planned and organized the sending of a letter to the management of UZ with a text about the existing threats to state security, which served as the basis for rejecting the proposals of other bidders with more favorable price offers.
It is worth noting that the winning company is run by a Belarusian citizen with direct ties to Russia. The company, through its subsidiary in Bulgaria, purchased transformers from a manufacturer in Uzbekistan and resold them to UZ at a price that was artificially inflated by almost two times.
As a result of this scheme, Ukrzaliznytsia suffered losses of UAH 94.7 million in 2022-2024, which the criminals misappropriated and spent at their own discretion.
Thanks to the actions of investigators and prosecutors, the court ordered the seizure of UAH 53 million held in the bank accounts of the supplying company.
The main suspect, a co-organizer and two members of the organized criminal group have been detained. The media learned that the group could have been headed by Artem Shilo, a former advisor to the Presidential Office.