The Court of Appeals ordered the company to pay damages for fraud involving a well
The Northern Commercial Court of Appeals granted the claim filed by the Podil District Prosecutor’s Office and ruled to recover funds from a private company for significantly overpriced construction work.
This was reported by the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.
The contractor unjustifiably received funds from the city budget while carrying out a contract to drill an artesian well in the Obolon district of the capital.
The appellate court fully upheld the law enforcement agencies’ position, overturning the previous decision of the court of first instance.
Law enforcement officials established that the financial misconduct occurred during the implementation of a contract concluded following an official public procurement process.
The client for these services was a well-known municipal enterprise in the capital.
“The Prosecutor’s Office established that, following a public procurement process, the municipal enterprise ‘Kyivvodfond’ entered into a contract with the company to perform work on drilling an artesian well in the Obolon district of Kyiv. Subsequently, based on acceptance certificates for the completed construction work, these works were paid for from the city budget,” the agency’s press service reported.
The actual volume of work performed by the contractor turned out to be significantly less than what was officially recorded in the reporting documentation.
Specialists conducted comprehensive expert studies that clearly documented the discrepancy between the facility’s technical parameters and the declared specifications.
“At the same time, the expert examinations confirmed that the actual depth of the well and the length of the installed pipes did not match the data specified in the documents, as well as the overpricing of certain materials. In other words, the contractor was overpaid by 345,000 UAH,” the court experts noted.
Initially, prosecutors were unable to protect the community’s interests due to the lower court’s ruling, which found no violations in the construction company’s actions.
However, the leadership of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office demonstrated principle and continued the fight within the legal framework.
“The court of first instance denied the district prosecutor’s office’s claim, but the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office disagreed with this decision and appealed it,” the office emphasized.
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