According to the SAP, today the former head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, who headed the criminal group, was informed of a suspicion that during 2019-2021 he seized more than 500 million hryvnias of funds from state enterprises, including the most powerful chemical enterprise in Ukraine, Odessa Port Plant JSC and one of the world’s largest manufacturers of titanium raw materials JSC United Mining and Chemical Company.
It should be noted that in the period from 2019 to 2021, the position of head of the State Property Fund occupied by Dmitry Sennichenko. RBC-Ukraine’s source in law enforcement agencies confirmed that Sennichenko is the suspect in this case.
In addition to the ex-head of the State Property Fund, 9 other persons were also suspected:
- co-organizer of the crime – a person close to the head of the State Property Fund;
- advisor to the head of the State Property Fund;
- two persons who in different periods acted as director of JSC “Odessa Port Plant”;
- and about. Head of JSC “United Mining and Chemical Company”;
- two owners of LLC – the winner of the auction at “OPZ”;
- two persons – accomplices of a crime.
Between November 2019 and March 2020, the head of the Foundation created a criminal organization. Its goal was to establish control over the most important objects of management of the State Property Fund in the mining, processing, fuel and energy and other sectors of the state economy.
The criminal plan was to appoint only managed persons to the management bodies of state enterprises, ensuring the sale of raw materials, the provision of services and the use of state resources solely in the interests of members of the criminal organization.
To do this, the management of state enterprises controlled by the head of the State Property Fund entered into appropriate agreements with companies controlled by criminals on terms that did not meet the interests of the state, but allowed criminals to unjustly enrich themselves.
In particular, in order to achieve the goals of this criminal organization, Sennichenko ensured the appointment of persons controlled by him to the management bodies of JSC “OPZ” in order to seize the funds of JSC “OPZ” by establishing contractual relations between “OPZ” and a company controlled by a criminal organization on a non-competitive basis for the processing of tolling raw materials reduced prices.
Thus, so-called “back offices” were formed at state enterprises.
As a result of such actions, for the period from May 2020 to October 2021, OPP JSC lost financial resources and incurred losses in the amount of UAH 390,970,234.
In addition, the criminal organization seized the funds of another state-owned enterprise, OGCC JSC, by deliberately concluding four contracts with a non-resident company controlled by them and ensuring the shipment of titanium raw materials at a reduced cost.
These actions inflicted damage to OGCC in the amount of UAH 118,337,425.
If found guilty, the suspects face up to twelve years with confiscation of property.