In Dnipro, six officials of a municipal enterprise and a private company embezzled 26 million UAH from the budget. The scheme was carried out during the maintenance of the city's only municipal solid waste landfill. The indictment has already been sent to court.
This was reported on the website of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office.
Paid for work that was never done
According to investigators, the municipal enterprise, which is subordinate to the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council, signed a contract for the upkeep and maintenance of the landfill with a private company under its control. The landfill covers 130 hectares and is effectively the only site in Dnipro where waste is officially sorted and disposed of.
The scheme is fairly "traditional": instead of the private contractor, most of the work was done by the municipal enterprise itself, using its own staff and resources. The money for the work, however, went to the contractor.
The budget millions were paid on the basis of work completion certificates signed by officials.
According to the prosecutor's office, between July 2024 and January 2026 the controlled company received 26 million UAH in unjustified payments.
Source: Dnipropetrovsk Regional Prosecutor's Office
People on both sides of the scheme will stand trial: from the municipal enterprise, the director, the deputy director, the chief accountant and the chief engineer; from the private company, the director and the chief accountant.
According to the indictment, the defendants are charged with misappropriation of property through abuse of office and official forgery (Part 3 of Article 27, Part 5 of Article 191, Part 3 of Article 28 and Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The officials face up to 12 years in prison, a ban on holding certain positions or engaging in certain activities for up to three years and confiscation of property.
EcoPolitic previously reported that Kryvyi Rih plans to pay 550 million UAH for the reclamation of a landfill. It is the same landfill that was on fire for several days in June 2026. The work is to be completed within five years.
