OCCRP: Kyiv Police uncovered a $1.7 million embezzlement scheme involving the sale of electricity at inflated prices to a department within the State Water Resources Agency

Investigators discovered that the director signed contracts in early 2022 obliging a department within the State Water Resources Agency to pay twice the normal price for electricity. The suspect is facing serious charges of “embezzlement of property through abuse of office,” a crime magnified under the current martial law circumstances…