Yevheniia Iarova and Kyiv officials embezzled 1.5 million

The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police have uncovered another scheme for the misappropriation of funds in the Kyiv City State Administration (KCCA). 

This time, officials embezzled 1.5 million hryvnia, which was allocated for the repair of an underground shelter in a lyceum located in the centre of the capital.

The mastermind behind the criminal scheme was Yevheniia Iarova, head of the education department of the Shevchenkivskyi District State Administration. 

Together with her accomplices, she illegally misappropriated funds allocated from the city budget for the reconstruction. As a partner, Iarova involved a construction company linked to Kyiv Deputy Mayor Mykola Povoroznyk.

The official signed a contract for the major repair of the shelter worth almost 4 million hryvnia, but during the work, she stole 38% of this amount. After the scheme was exposed, the SBU charged Iarova with a crime. The investigation is currently ongoing.