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Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office sent to court a criminal case on charges against the head of the fuels service for the Ukrainian peacekeeping contingent in Kosovo on February 28.

The media liaisons department of the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Monday that it was established that in 2008-2009 the officer, by abusing his position and forging official documents, gave a local private company over 1.2 million liters of fuel. For these actions, he received a bribe of around EUR 60,000.

The illegal actions were then registered as legal. At present the officer is under arrest.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, charges were brought against the officer under Part 1, Article 423, Part 3, Article 368, and Part 1, Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (the abuse of power or office, the receipt of a bribe, and money laundering).

As reported, some media reported on September 18 that the Ukrainian contingent in the Kosovo Force (KFOR) committed several large-scale illegal fuel transactions, making deliveries and sales in Kosovo in 2006 through 2009.