On the morning of Friday, March 20, the National Police of Ukraine conducted seventy searches in medical institutions and at home with the heads of institutions throughout Ukraine.
As reported by the National Police in TG, we are talking about the appropriation of budget funds worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias. This is the money that should have been used to treat citizens within the framework of medical guarantee programs. The relevant schemes are documented by the police, informs the portal PromPolitInform.
“We are talking about fictitious medical services and manipulation of data in the electronic health system. According to preliminary estimates, the amount of damage can reach hundreds of millions of hryvnias,” law enforcement officers note.
Specialists of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police and operatives of the Department of Strategic Investigations together with territorial units in the regions, prosecutor’s offices with the assistance of the Ministry of Health and the National Health Service of Ukraine are involved in the investigative actions.
The investigation is carried out on the facts:
appropriation and embezzlement of property (Article 191),
abuse of power or official position (Article 364),
official forgery (Article 366),
interference with the operation of automated systems (Article 362),
official negligence (Article 367),
legalization of proceeds from crime (Article 209).
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