A scheme involving fictitious employment at a critical state-owned enterprise was uncovered in Dnipro
In Dnipro, law enforcement officials uncovered a scheme involving fictitious employment at a state-owned critical infrastructure enterprise, which allowed individuals to receive salaries from the budget, accrue work experience, and secure exemption from mobilization without actually performing any work.
This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General.
According to the investigation, a deputy of one of the district councils, who also headed the enterprise, and his son have been placed under suspicion.
Law enforcement officials established that between 2023 and 2025, the enterprise’s director arranged for the hiring of at least 14 individuals who did not actually perform any work duties. They were employed only formally but regularly received salaries and held the status of critical infrastructure workers.
According to the investigation, some of these individuals worked in the private household of an acquaintance of the suspect—specifically as security guards, drivers, and support staff.
Despite this, they were paid salaries from the state budget, had their work experience credited, and were granted exemptions from mobilization.
Among those formally employed was the deputy’s son, who has also been charged with aiding in the embezzlement of budget funds.
The deputy’s actions have been classified as embezzlement of state funds on an especially large scale, organizing a crime, and official forgery.
As part of the investigation, 16 searches were conducted in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Kyiv. Equipment and documentation that could corroborate the scheme were seized.
The court imposed a pretrial detention measure on the deputy—detention with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of 5.8 million UAH. His son was ordered to be held in custody with bail set at 200,000 UAH.
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