Lugansk officials were scattered over 100 million UAH for the purchases of firewood for the Armed Forces - DBR (photo, video)

Law enforcement officers set 47 purchases at high cost. They have already been informed of suspicion of seizing someone else's property through abuse of office. In Lugansk, the apartment and operational department (KEV), which is part of the system of logistics forces of the Armed Forces, together with the accomplices, opened more than UAH 101 million during the purchase of firewood for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

They were exposed by employees of the State Bureau of Investigation, according to the press center of the department. The scheme was organized by the former KEV head of Lugansk and involved the current officials of the unit. They organized the purchase of firewood for the Armed Forces at high cost, without open bidding procedures and under contracts with indirect suppliers. "There are 47 facts of procurement at high cost.

The amount of losses caused to the state is over UAH 101 million," the statement reads. Law enforcement officers conducted 28 searches, which resulted in documents, computer equipment and mobile phones. Five participants of the organized group were informed of suspicion of seizing someone else's property by abuse of office, repeatedly committed, in conditions of martial law, in a particularly large size, in the organized group (Part 3 of Article 27 of Article 27 Part. 5 Art.

191, Part 5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for up to 12 years with confiscation of property. We will remind, earlier the SBU and the National Police exposed the officials of the KSCA and its accomplices, who during the war were rolled over UAH 6 million at purchases for ambulance. In order to avoid criminal liability, the organizer of the scheme was transferred to a lower position after illegal equipment.