The former head of Energoseti has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

 

The High Anti-Corruption Court has sentenced former chairman of the management board of the Energoseti holding company, Dmitry Kryuchkov, to 15 years in prison. He was charged in a case related to the embezzlement and legalization of funds belonging to energy sector enterprises. This was reported by the SAP press service on Thursday, January 9.   The former chairman was also deprived of the right to hold certain positions for three years and ordered to forfeit all his property.   Separately, VAKS sentenced the former acting chairman of the board of "Cherkassyoblenergo," Svitlana Kuzminska, to eight years in prison, along with a two-year ban on holding positions and the confiscation of half of her property.   The court imposed special confiscation in the amount of 458 million hryvnias, partially satisfying the claims for damages incurred.      

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    Kryuchkov, during his time as the head of the private company Energoseti, orchestrated a scheme that led to the embezzlement of over 1.5 billion hryvnias from Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo and Cherkassyoblenergo between 2015 and 2016.   This involved signing contracts for the transfer of debt and changing the debtor. As a result of these manipulations, consumers paid money not to their respective regional energy companies but directly to the private company "Energoseti."   Kryuchkov served as a people's deputy from Yulia Tymoshenko's Bloc from 2006 to 2007. He was notably involved in a case concerning the appropriation of 346 million hryvnias from "Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo," where the majority of shares are state-owned.   On October 4, the High Anti-Corruption Court selected a measure of restraint for Kryuchkov in absentia, imposing detention. The former MP is accused of embezzling over 1.5 billion hryvnias from the state companies Cherkassyoblenergo and Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo. The court has allowed him to be tried in absentia.   In October, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau announced a search for Kryuchkov.