Six members of an organized group who embezzled budget funds during the renovation of pension fund buildings and the procurement of fire safety equipment have been notified of suspicion.

Among them are the shadow leader of the contracting company, a technical supervision engineer, two heads of private enterprises, and two officials of the pension fund.

According to the investigation, a private company and the Main Department of the Pension Fund of Ukraine in Kyiv signed a contract for the capital repair of the fund's administrative buildings in the capital.

To win the tender procurements, the organizer of the scheme – the head of the private firm – involved controlled enterprises.

Subsequently, the then-head of the contracting organization inflated the cost of the work for the installation of equipment in the acts of completed work. These acts were signed by the officials of the pension institution, and based on them, the contractors received payment. The money received for the work was cashed through controlled enterprises.

Experts confirmed losses of over 3.6 million hryvnias.

Under the procedural guidance of prosecutors from the Kyiv City and Pechersk District Prosecutor's Offices, suspicion has been announced to officials and employees of private structures, as well as the former head of the Pension Fund in Kyiv and the head of the structural unit responsible for the quality of the work performed. Depending on the role of each participant, their actions are qualified under part 5 of Article 191, parts 3, 4 of Article 358, and part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Currently, the issue of choosing preventive measures for them is being resolved.

The pre-trial investigation, which is being conducted in the criminal proceedings by investigators of the Pechersk Police Department in Kyiv based on materials from the Cyber Police Department of the National Police of Ukraine, is ongoing.

Members of the organized group face up to 12 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property.

Note: according to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a guilty verdict of the court.