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The General Prosecutor's Office has launched a criminal case against the director of the state enterprise Ukrmedpostach Mykola Petrenko.

The criminal proceedings were launched on a charge of "violation of the current legislation by the officials of the Cabinet of Ministers in 2009 when purchasing 1,000 Opel Combo vans listed as ambulance cars," the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Wednesday.

Petrenko is charged with a criminal offence under part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code, the large-scale embezzlement to the tune of half a million hryvnias.

Petrenko was detained on Dec. 28, 2010.

The pre-trial inquiry continues.