A lawmaker from Zaporizhzhia attempted to embezzle 2.8 million hryvnias in housing compensation

Law enforcement officials have notified a member of a local council in the Polohivsky District of Zaporizhzhia Oblast that she is under investigation for attempting to illegally obtain more than 2.8 million hryvnias in state compensation for housing destroyed as a result of Russia’s armed aggression. 

According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, the woman is charged with using forged documents and attempting to embezzle budget funds on an especially large scale. The timely intervention of law enforcement agencies prevented damage to the state.

The investigation established that the suspect submitted a forged decision of the city council’s executive committee for state registration, in which the area of her home was artificially tripled—from 69 to 210 square meters. Based on this document, she registered ownership of the home with inflated specifications in order to significantly increase the amount of future payments. Investigative actions are currently underway to establish all the circumstances of the offense. Similar instances of manipulation of real estate data are being uncovered as part of systematic oversight of the use of funds allocated for the restoration of damaged property belonging to Ukrainians.

Meanwhile, the SBU and the National Police have uncovered 8 schemes to evade mobilization in various regions.

Additionally, a court ordered the seizure of over 48 million hryvnias from an official at the Environmental Inspection.