The Prosecutor General’s Office has sent to the Supreme Court a criminal case against the former director general of a Minsk-based food industry enterprise. He is accused of abuse of office and accepting a bribe under Part 3 of Article 426 and Part 2 of Article 430 of the Criminal Code.
According to the prosecution, the director general instructed staff to include knowingly false information on investment capital expenditures and economic efficiency indicators in the business plan for a project to create an import-substitution raw material processing facility in order to obtain state support.
“A subordinate employee carried out his instructions, after which he approved five versions of the business plan containing inaccurate data and ensured that they were submitted to state bodies in order to obtain financing from the special fund of a local executive and administrative authority”, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
The prosecution alleges that the allocated funds were then used by the defendant to pay for supplies from a foreign company under a contract concluded in November 2023 after a public procurement procedure that violated antimonopoly rules. The damage has been estimated at 22.8 million rubles.
The prosecution also alleges that in 2023-24, the defendant accepted “material assets totaling at least 19,400 rubles” for himself and his relatives during several meetings abroad and in Minsk. This was allegedly payment for winning an electronic auction.
The defendant remains in custody. A civil claim has also been filed against him in the amount of the alleged damage, 22.8 million rubles.
