The mayor of Odessa was notified about suspicion in Commission of criminal offence – NABOOGennady Trukhanov / Photo from the website of the city of Odessa

On suspicion notified three officials of the city hall

13.02.18 66000

On 13 February, the detectives of the National anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) under the procedural guidance of prosecutors Specialized anti-corruption Prosecutor’s office (SAP) has notified the Odessa city head on suspicion of a criminal offence (misappropriation, waste of property or mastering by it by abuse of official position). About it reports a press-service of NABU on his page in Facebook.

“A notification on suspicion carried out on behalf of the head of SAP nazara Golodnitsky, who has signed this procedural document”, – the press-service.

The Bureau also confirmed that the suspect notified three officials of the city hall: Deputy mayor, Director of Department of municipal property and the Chairman of the constant Commission on questions of municipal property of the Odessa city Council.

In the NAB noted that this process was done in the investigation of criminal proceedings on the fact of appropriation of funds of the local budget of Odessa, since the location of these individuals is currently not installed.

“Now the necessary steps are taken for establishing the whereabouts of suspects and, in their absence, will decide to declare them wanted,” – said the Bureau.

In addition, on 13 February in the course of carrying out investigative actions in criminal proceedings was arrested three more people (official Odessa city Council and two individuals-the head of the company).

“Even one person, the appraiser is notified of suspicion in committing a crime under part 5 of article 191, article 365-2 of the criminal code of Ukraine (abuse of authority, – ed.)”, – underlined in the message.

The Bureau notice that the resolution on carrying out searches, these officers, the detectives NAB received December 18-19 2017, however, on 19-20 December 2017, three city Council officials went abroad and since then under various pretexts, did not return, probably to hide from the investigation, and in early January of 2018 went abroad and Chairman of the standing Committee of the city Council.

“All these persons, according to the investigation, involved in the scheme would 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”, – stated in the message.

The Bureau added that the city government funds the firm-seller tried to list the 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 then constantly under attempts of lifting the arrest from the accounts, including by the sudden change of contract in January 2018”, – stated in the message.

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Recall that the NEB in November 2016, beginning an investigation into the acquisition at an inflated price by the city Council of the administrative building of the former factory “region”. According to the Bureau, in early 2016, the building was sold for 4 million UAH, and in September of the same year it was purchased by Odessa city hall from the “development Elite” already over 185 million UAH.

The building after renovation was planned to move all structural subdivisions, which are currently scattered in different parts of Odessa.

In this case at the beginning of October 2017 Trukhanov was interrogated in NABOO in Kyiv – it held the status of a witness. In January 2018, the Deputy of the Odessa regional Council and his accomplice were notified of the suspicion for the offer to give a bribe of $500 thousand to an employee of the NAB for removal of arrest from accounts.