Ukrainian authorities seize €4.7 million in cash from army contractor
Source: Bureau of Economic Security, Glavkom
Ukraine’s Bureau of Economic Security has seized over €4.7 million in undeclared cash linked to a company supplying food to Ukraine’s defense. The company’s accountant whose car was carrying the stacks of cash failed to explain where the money comes from.
The company, which allegedly inflated prices and fabricated transactions, has been under the microscope over its 2022-2023 contracts. They supplied the military food products worth 14.5 billion hryvnias, but it turns out their financial practices were anything but transparent. During raids, authorities seized documents and illicit accounting records.
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