KIEV. 13 Feb. UNN. The national anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine suspects the mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov and 6 Council officials in embezzlement of funds of the city budget and reported the suspicion, and detained three people. About it reports a press-service of the NAB, reports UNN.

“February 13, 2018, the detectives NAB under the procedural management of SAP prosecutors said Odessa city mayor on suspicion of a criminal offence under part 5 article 191 (misappropriation or embezzlement of funds or property) of the Criminal code of Ukraine. The notice made on behalf of the head of SAP nazara Golodnitsky, who has signed this procedural document. Also reported suspicions three officials of city hall, the Deputy mayor, the Director of the Department of municipal property and the Chairman of the constant Commission on questions of municipal property of the Odessa city Council. Procedural action is made in accordance with article 278, article 135 of the code of criminal procedure (because the location of these persons currently is not installed) in the investigation of criminal proceedings on the fact of appropriation of funds of the local budget of Odessa”, – stated in the message.

As noted, at present, necessary measures are being taken for establishing the whereabouts of suspects and, in their absence, will decide to declare them wanted.

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In addition, today during carrying out investigative actions in criminal proceedings in order St. 208 criminal procedure code of Ukraine detained three people (one official Odessa city Council and two individuals-executives).

Another person – appraiser – reported about suspicion in Commission of crime on CH 5 of article 191 (assign, article 365-2 (abuse of power) of the Criminal code of Ukraine.

In the NEB noted that the decision to conduct the searches in the above-mentioned officers, the detectives NAB received on 18 and 19 December 2017. However, on December 19-20 2017, three city Council officials went abroad and since then under various pretexts, did not return, probably to hide from the investigation. In early January of 2018 went abroad and Chairman of the standing Committee of the city Council.

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All such persons, according to the investigation, are involved in a scheme to damage the local budget of Odessa. So, in September 2016 the Odessa city Council purchased the building, formerly part of the integral property complex of state enterprise Plant “region”, over 185 million UAH from the private structure, which in early 2016, she purchased this set at an auction organized by the liquidator of the company for 11.5 million UAH.

Received from the city funds, the firm-seller tried to list companies with signs of fictitiousness, the head of which is now in the zone of the ATO.

However, the detectives NAB and prosecutors SAP prevented this attempt of legalization and has achieved arrest of accounts of a private company-the seller of the building. Since there is recurrent attempts to remove the arrest from the accounts, including by the sudden change of contract in January 2018.

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In October-December 2017 one of the deputies of Odessa regional Council, which, according to the investigators, is the beneficial owner of the vendor of the mentioned building, together with another person invited the officer of the National Bureau of illegal benefit in the amount of 500 thousand dollars. in exchange for the removal of arrest from the accounts of the company. The Deputy and his accomplice January 12, 2018, the General Prosecutor of Ukraine reported on suspicion of committing a crime under part 3 of article 369 of the Criminal code of Ukraine (“Offer, promise or granting illegal benefit to the official”).