Million-dollar fraud at Ukrzaliznytsia: Prosecutor: Shilo did not stop interacting with criminal group after returning to SBU
Kyiv • UNN
SBU officer Artem Shilo and 6 other persons were served a notice of suspicion in the case of fraud involving embezzlement of almost UAH 95 million during procurement of Ukrzaliznytsia.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has begun to choose a measure of restraint for SBU officer Artem Shilo in the case of fraud in Ukrzaliznytsia procurement. According to the SAPO prosecutor , after returning to the SBU, Shilo did not stop interacting with the criminal group and involved his subordinate in it, UNN reports.
"The NABU and the SAPO believe that no later than October 2021, the suspect Shilo, who at that time worked as an adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine, used his available opportunities to create a certain organized group aimed at controlling the cash flows of Ukrzaliznytsia. The point was to at least put under control all procurement carried out by Ukrzaliznytsia for the purpose of obtaining illegal benefits," the prosecutor said.
He noted that Shilo had involved a number of people in the organized group, who were also served with suspicions today.
"It is clear that the implementation of the plans of this group was not possible without the involvement of officials of Ukrzaliznytsia itself. We believe that there is sufficient evidence to believe that at least the First Deputy Director of the Production Support Center Branch of Ukrzaliznytsia JSC, as well as the Deputy Director for Economic and Information Security of the Office of the Director for Economic and Information Security, were involved in this group. It so happened that in early August 2022, the suspect Shilo was appointed to a significant leadership position in the SBU, and accordingly, we note that Shilo's subordinate Kovaluk was involved in this group. This happened around November 2022," the prosecutor added.
Recall
On April 2, NABU and SAPO detained SBU official Artem Shyl, who, according to the investigation, heads an organized group to embezzle almost UAH 95 million for the purchase of transformers during martial law.
