The head of the education department in the Mykolaiv region will go to court: accused of buying coal at an inflated price

The head of the department of education in the Mykolaiv region will be tried. Photo from open sources

The head of the education department of the Kryvoozer community in the Mykolaiv region is accused of abuse of office, which caused damage to the budget in the amount of more than 170 thousand hryvnias.

The case was transferred to the court, the Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported.

According to the investigation, in September 2022, the accused unjustifiably transferred more than 170 thousand hryvnias of budget funds to the enterprise. It is noted that before this, the official violated the law «On Public Procurement» and unjustifiably changed the essential terms of the contract in terms of increasing the price of coal for heating the community's schools.

In the course of the pre-trial investigation, at the request of the prosecution, the court removed her from her position.

The specified criminal offense is punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to 3 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to 3 years, with a fine of two hundred and fifty to seven hundred and fifty non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens.

We will remind you that the former chief accountant of the executive committee of the Pervomayska City Council was sentenced to 6 years in prison for misappropriation of budget funds. At the court hearing, it was proven that the woman, in the period from February 2020 to August 2022, made known false documents, according to which she accrued and illegally received on her own account a salary significantly higher than the established salary, for a total amount of almost 127 thousand hryvnias.

In May 2023, the chief accountant of the administration of the Pervomaisk City Council was sentenced to 8 years in prison with confiscation of property, which, according to the same scheme, seized budget funds in the amount of almost 8 million hryvnias.

Also, the chief accountant of one of the Voznesensk schools in the Mykolaiv region was informed of the suspicion of misappropriating budget funds by abusing her official position.