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According to the media, it is about Viktor Gerashchenko. The SBU claims that the...

Chernihiv's deputy mayor stole 30 million UAH from the budget, buying a transformer after shelling (photo)

According to the media, it is about Viktor Gerashchenko. The SBU claims that the equipment was purchased twice as expensive than the market price. The Security Service of Ukraine reported suspicion of corruption to the deputy mayor of Chernihiv. According to the investigation, the official organized a scheme of theft of budget money for the purchase of a new transformer for the local TPP, according to the department, which was published in the telegram channel on Monday, June 19.

According to the investigation, the official purchased a transformer for the CHP, which was damaged by a rocket stroke, more than 30 million hryvnias of its real value. The equipment was purchased twice as expensive than the market price and thus harm the state. The TPP was damaged as a result of Russian shelling in the spring of 2022. And in July, the deputy mayor of Chernihiv purchased the necessary equipment for its repair.

To implement the agreement, the person "coordinated" his criminal acts with the management of the supplier. The official has already been informed about suspicion of abusing office. He was chosen a precautionary measure: detention, with an alternative to a pledge of UAH 32 million. If the deputy mayor is proved, then he faces up to six years in prison. The name of the official did not name the SBU press service. However, "Ukrainian Pravda" reported that it was about Viktor Gerashchenko.

In this case, the media clarified that it received this information from its sources in law enforcement agencies. We will remind, on June 12 it became known that in Kiev for bomb shelter bought a frying pan for 725 thousand hryvnias. According to Prozorro, the expensive kitchen device purchased the artistic lyceum "Change" in the Dnieper district of the capital. The tender also has a convection oven for 474 thousand hryvnias.