New figurants, the brother and the cousin of the former head of the State Agency of Ukraine for Investments and National Projects Management, Vladyslav Kaskiv, have appeared in the criminal investigation into the theft of public funds intended for implementation of national projects, the press service of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has reported.
On June 21 NABU investigators under the procedural leadership of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) detained the eighth participant in the corruption scheme for the seizure of Hr 259.2 million, intended for the implementation of a number of national projects. The matter concerns Kaskiv’s cousin. The detainee was informed of suspicion of committing a crime under Part 3 of Article 27 and Part 5 of Article 191 (complicity in theft of property or appropriation of property by abuse of office) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
In addition, on June 21 another close relative of the ex-head of the agency, his sibling, was informed about suspicion of committing a crime under similar articles. As this person is outside Ukraine, he was informed of suspicion by the way provided for in Part 1 of Article 278 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The NABU stated the investigation had established that in 2012 more than Hr 500 million was allocated from the national budget of Ukraine for the implementation of a number of national projects, including the “Quality Water” project, which envisages the establishment of potable water bottling machines in the largest cities of Ukraine, and the “Olympic Hope 2022” project, within which it was supposed to build infrastructure facilities for holding the Winter Olympic Games in Ukraine.
However, due to embezzlement of Hr 259.2 million from the allocated Hr 500 million in 2012-2014, these projects were not implemented.
