Ukraine sent fictitious athletes to competitions, and officials stole money
The Main Investigation Department of the National Police is investigating criminal proceedings into the theft by officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of 50 million hryvnia allocated for the purchase of sports equipment and holding sports events, as well as the payment of incentives to athletes, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
This is stated in the court materials.
The case is being investigated under Part 5 of Art. 191 (misappropriation, embezzlement of property or taking possession of it through abuse of official position), Part 2 of Art. 364 (abuse of power or official position), part 2 of Art. 366 (official forgery) of the Criminal Code.
The pre-trial investigation established that officials of the Ministry of Sports, the state institution “Ukrsportobespechenie”, all-Ukrainian federations and business entities embezzled budget funds during public procurement of equipment and inventory for organizing sports events and training athletes of national teams of Ukraine. The investigation is also underway into the misappropriation of public funds allocated for the organization and conduct of sporting events and the payment of monetary incentives, which caused damage to the state on a particularly large scale - totaling about 50 million hryvnia.
According to the materials of the criminal proceedings, a number of athletes and coaches who are part of the official delegations of the national teams of Ukraine did not actually take part in international and all-Ukrainian sports competitions. The training camps that were carried out to prepare for the above competitions were not carried out in full or were not held at all.
It was established that monetary incentives, which amounted to about 20 million hryvnia for 2017, were paid to winning athletes, prize-winners of competitions and some employees of national teams in fact in the amount of up to 50% of the assigned amount, and the remaining budget funds in the amount of about 10 million hryvnia were divided and appropriated by participants in the criminal scheme, which also included Sport Co LLC, Sport Service LLC, Atletico VIVA LLC, Olympic Training and Sports Center Koncha-Zaspa LLC and entrepreneurs.
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