Embezzlement of funds for procurement of Ukrzaliznytsia: MP is served with a notice of suspicion
17 January 22:42
An MP has been served a notice of suspicion for complicity in a scheme to embezzle funds for the purchase of cables for Ukrzaliznytsia. According to the investigation, the MP was a co-leader of an organized group caught embezzling funds from the joint-stock company during the purchase of cable and wire products. This was reported by Komersant ukrainskyi with reference to the NABU.
The name of the suspected MP was not disclosed. According to the Anti-Corruption Action Center, it is Viktor Bondar (unaffiliated). He is a former member of the Party of Regions. In 2019, he was elected to the Parliament of Ukraine for the third time. He headed the For the Future parliamentary group. He is a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Transport and Infrastructure.
The NABU reported that the suspect and his accomplice, an entrepreneur, developed a scheme that involved the supply of products to Ukrzaliznytsia at inflated prices. To do this, they conspired with members of an organized group that was a kind of “back office” of the company, informally controlled its activities and, for a certain percentage of the purchase amount, could ensure that the “right” companies won UZ tenders.
At the same time, according to the SAPO, the MP first used his influence to obstruct his work and thus involve him in the scheme.
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“During 2021-2022, Ukrzaliznytsia entered into agreements with companies controlled by the entrepreneur that supplied products at prices above market prices. As a result of the scheme, Ukrzaliznytsia suffered losses of more than UAH 140 million,” law enforcement officers said.
The SAPO added that the MP is charged under Part 3 of Article 27, Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The implementation of the criminal intentions led to the fact that in 2021-2022, two companies controlled by the MP and an entrepreneur won in Ukrzaliznytsia’s procurement of cable and wire products.
Using various schemes to increase the cost of the products, the offenders sold them to Ukrzaliznytsia at prices significantly higher than market prices.
“It should be noted that during the operation of the scheme, the suspected MP used his status and connections to resolve issues, as well as received shadow “dividends” from the implementation of the criminal scheme,” prosecutors said.
As of now, 8 people have been notified of suspicion over the above facts.
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In addition, NABU detectives under the procedural guidance of SAPO prosecutors are conducting a pre-trial investigation against members of another organized group whose activities led to the misappropriation of UAH 94.8 million in the purchase of transformers during martial law.
Currently, 7 members of the group have been served with a notice of suspicion, including the head of the organized group, an advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine, and later an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine (according to the AntAC, it is Artem Shilo), the first deputy director of the branch “Production Support Center” of JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia”, an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine and others (positions indicated at the time of the crime).
