IT company helped Kiev officials to steal funds in the real estate sector

The security service of Ukraine has exposed a scheme of embezzlement of budget funds in Kiev. The transaction involves the management of the Kiev City Bureau of technical inventory and an affiliated IT company.

On June 18, the SBU reported that cyber specialists exposed in Kiev a scheme for embezzling budget funds allocated for digital transformation in the field of real estate accounting. The criminal scheme was organized by the management of the Kiev City Bureau of technical inventory together with representatives of an affiliated IT company. Officials created artificial conditions for its victory in the tender for digital adaptation of BTI accounting systems for a total amount of UAH 30 million. officials deliberately overestimated the estimate of relevant services and withdrew part of the money through the conversion center to bank accounts of controlled commercial structures. So it was possible to steal almost 10 million UAH. details

Now the deputy head of the Kiev BTI and his accomplice — the head of an IT company-were informed of suspicions. We are talking about Part 5 of Article 191, part 2 of Article 366 and Part 2 of Article 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: misappropriation, embezzlement of property or taking it by abuse of official position; official forgery of documents; official negligence. Sanctions provide for both deprivation of the right to hold certain positions and imprisonment. A pre-trial investigation is currently underway.

On June 15, the SBU blocked a Kiev IT company that developed software for the occupation administrations in eastern Ukraine. The company supplied the enemy with software to collect utility bills.

On May 18, the SBU exposed the capital's IT company, which supplied office equipment and software to the invaders. Monthly "profits" of collaborators amounted to more than 4 million UAH.