NABU and SAPO sent the case on the Ministry of Defense's "golden eggs" to court.
We are talking about a case of theft of public funds during the purchase of food products by the Ministry of Defense for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in wartime conditions, the NABU press service reports.
According to the investigation, the price of the grocery set was created considering all items from the catalog and based on the average cost. This allowed suppliers to manipulate prices: inflate them for popular products and lower them for low or seasonal demand.
As a result, from August to December 2022, two supplier companies controlled by the same owner illegally received excess profits amounting to more than UAH 733 million.
"The crime involved an official of the Ministry of Defense, who during the signing of the contracts "did not pay attention" to price deviations in the catalog," the report states.