In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a military unit overpaid nearly ₴4 million to combat accountants in the rear
Ten employees of a military unit’s financial service may have illegally received nearly 4 million hryvnias in additional “combat” payments, even though they were actually working behind the front lines in the Dnipropetrovsk region. According to the documents, they were allegedly listed as military personnel carrying out missions in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
According to the investigation, the then-head of the military unit’s financial and economic service entered false information into official documents regarding the accountants’ direct participation in combat operations.
At the same time, the financial service itself was actually located in the Dnipropetrovsk region, not in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
Based on these documents, ten accountants were paid additional compensation for their participation in combat operations.
According to the State Bureau of Investigation, each employee received between 100,000 and over 500,000 hryvnias.
In total, between August 2023 and October 2024, nearly 4 million hryvnias were paid out under this scheme.
During the investigation, law enforcement officials also uncovered another instance of embezzlement at this military unit.
According to the investigation, one of the subordinates of the head of the financial service transferred money intended for other military personnel to his own accounts over the course of several years.
Due to inadequate oversight, as established by the State Bureau of Investigation (DBR), the military unit lost an additional 7.4 million hryvnias.
This servicemember has already been sentenced to eight years in prison.
The former head of the financial and economic service has been charged with negligence in military service, embezzlement of property through abuse of official position, and forgery of official documents.
At the same time, ten accountants are accused of embezzling property on a large scale by abusing their official positions.
The indictment has already been submitted to the court.
If found guilty, the defendants could face up to eight years in prison.
This was reported by the State Bureau of Investigations.
Earlier, the SBI concluded an investigation into a former chief of staff—the deputy commander of a military unit in the Mykolaiv region—who organized the illegal payment of combat allowances to approximately 20 military personnel. Subordinates who did not actually perform combat duties were required to give half of the funds they received to the officer.
Previously, a money-laundering center was uncovered in the Kyiv region, where farmers were conducting off-the-books transactions.
Prior to this, law enforcement officials uncovered and shut down a criminal organization that had set up a “money-laundering center” to launder funds and evade taxes. Among the scheme’s clients was a company that carried out defense contracts for the Ministry of Defense and the National Guard.
The Economic Security Bureau dismantled a large-scale “money-laundering center” that had been operating since at least 2020 and provided services to hundreds of companies throughout Ukraine.
