The company supplied 20 thousand low-quality sleeping bags to the Armed Forces: the director faces up to 12 years in prison
26 December 13:48
Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation have served a notice of suspicion to the director of a Kryvyi Rih-based company that supplied 20,000 low-quality sleeping bags to a military unit in 2023. This was reported by Komersant ukrainskyi with reference to the SBI.
The cost of the sleeping bags is UAH 30 million. The examination found that the goods did not meet the technical requirements, which did not allow them to be used for their intended purpose.
In particular, according to the expert, the composition of the fabric did not meet the stated requirements, and the sleeping bags also lacked mandatory elements: a fleece lining and a layer of special fabric that does not allow air to pass through.
The director of the company was served a notice of suspicion of fraud committed on a large scale (Part 5 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 12 years with confiscation of property.
The military unit filed a lawsuit to reimburse the penalties in the amount of UAH 6 million and to replace the sleeping bags with high-quality ones. The court granted the claim in full.
The investigation is ongoing. The circumstances of possible involvement of the military unit officials in the criminal offense are being investigated.
