Eight individuals, including a deputy from Kryvyi Rih city council, have been arrested for embezzling 2.5 million UAH intended for repairing schools and homes damaged by shelling.

According to the investigation, a member of the Kryvyi Rih City Council, who is also the founder of three companies, along with his wife, established a criminal organization. They enlisted the help of a lawyer, a company director, and entrepreneurs to implement a scheme for the illegal appropriation of budget funds allocated for the repair of educational institutions and residential buildings damaged by Russian shelling.

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This was reported by the press service of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office.

During the period of 2023-2024, contracts were signed for the repair of facilities, and the suspects provided false information regarding the volumes of work performed and inflated the prices of materials. Based on these actions, funds were transferred to the accounts of the companies, which the perpetrators distributed among themselves.

As a result, the state incurred losses amounting to 2.5 million hryvnias.

Under the procedural guidance of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, 8 participants of the criminal organization have been notified of suspicion. They are charged with misappropriation of someone else's property in especially large amounts, creation and leadership of a criminal organization, as well as forgery of official documents (Part 3 of Article 27, Part 4 of Article 28, Part 5 of Article 191, Parts 1 and 2 of Article 255, Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).