The head of a defense enterprise that was preparing for privatization, along with his subordinates, dismantled the production facilities for scrap metal and spent the proceeds on expensive cars. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing the Office of the Prosecutor General.
The plant was dismantled for scrap metal
Prosecutors have announced new charges against the former acting CEO of a state-owned defense enterprise and three of his employees. According to the investigation, instead of managing the assets of the enterprise, which was in the process of privatization, the man, together with his subordinates, organized a scheme to destroy it. The equipment was dismantled, cut up, and sold as scrap metal. Law enforcement officials documented how the participants in the scheme coordinated the arrival of metal buyers over the phone, prepared the metal for transport, and sent it to collection points. The damage to the state amounts to millions of hryvnias.
Bribes for Warehouse Rentals
This is not the first incident in the case. Previously, this executive and the company’s chief engineer were notified of suspicions that they had received unlawful benefits—they leased out the state-owned enterprise’s warehouse facilities without signing lease agreements.
A fleet of luxury cars registered to straw men
During the war, the suspect acquired a collection of expensive cars. Among them were a BMW M8, a Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class, and a Lamborghini Murciélago. According to the investigation, the cars were registered in the names of relatives and acquaintances, although the suspect himself was the actual user and did not declare this anywhere.
