The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said that three employees of one of the branches of the Sea Ports Administration were accused of fraud that caused about $ 2.5 million in losses. TASS.
The publication states that the SBU, with the help of the leadership of the Ministry of Communities, Regions and Infrastructure Development, uncovered a corruption scheme in the Southern Branch of the “Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration” State Enterprise.
“In 2017-2018, the head of a branch of a government agency and two of his subordinates were involved in organizing illegal activities,” the SBU said.
The ministry stressed that the suspects signed an agreement in 2017 to carry out deepening works in the waters of the Yuzhny port. The cost of work was overestimated, and the scope of work did not correspond to what was stated in the documents.
David Arakhamia, former head of the Servant of the People party in Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada expression Concern that the revelation of corruption crimes among Defense Department officials could disrupt the work of this division.
Source: Gazeta
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