The SBI exposed two engineers of one of the branches of the State Enterprise «Forests of Ukraine» in the Zhytomyr region on an attempt to steal the wood for almost 4.5 million UAH
The employees of the SBI served notifications of suspicion to two engineers of one of the branches of the State Enterprise «Forests of Ukraine» in the Zhytomyr region, who were trying to steal the wood for almost 4.5 million UAH.
The engineers of the State Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine" underestimated the volume of business oak wood, as well as the degree of thickness of large-sized trees and their technical suitability in the forestry entrusted to them.
In that way they planned to appropriate unaccounted wood worth approximately 4.5 million UAH.
At the same time, the criminals did not have time to cut down these trees, the deal was timely exposed by the State Bureau of Investigation in cooperation with the Security Department of the State Agricultural Enterprise "Forests of Ukraine".
The engineers were served notifications of suspicion of attempted seizure of property due to abuse of official position on an especially large scale (Part 3 of Article 15, Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The preventive measures in the form of night house arrest were chosen for the suspects.
The procedural guidance is provided by the Specialized Environmental Prosecutor's Office of the Office of the Prosecutor General.