The SBU helped to solve the case of laundering over UAH 60 m. (USD 2.2 m.) in Ukrzaliznytsia JSC. The law enforcement exposed the scheme in the summer of 2020. The indictment against the organizers and those involved in the illegal activity was sent to court.

Among the suspects are:

• former acting chairman of management board,
• former and current heads of structural subdivisions,
• heads of railcar depots of regional branches.

The perpetrators are charged with:

• misappropriation, embezzlement or conversion of property by malversation, committed on a particularly large scale by an organized group,
• forgery in office,
• sham business.

To remind, the SBU disrupted embezzlement of Ukrzaliznytsia JSC funds in August 2020.

The officials of the state enterprise organized the supply and installation of low-quality used spare parts for the locomotives. The suspects involved affiliated companies, supplying used spare parts under the guise of new ones.

In addition, the suspects concluded contracts with bogus firms for the repair and modernization of diesel engines of rolling stock. The firms were registered on fictitious persons and did not have any facilities or qualified personnel to conduct relevant repairs.

The investigation was carried out by officers of the SBU Main Directorate for Counterintelligence Protection of the State's Economic Interests together with the National Police investigators, under the supervision of the Prosecutor General's Office.