Cryptocurrency worth $1.5 million belonging to Yury Shchigol, the former head of the Ukrainian Special Communications Service, was seized.
According to the statement made in Ukraine, assets seized From 6.9 BTC, 1.2 million USDT and 331 TRX is formed. Shchigol was investigated for allegedly misusing approximately $1.8 million in state assets.
Shchigol and his assistant at the time, Victor Zhor, bought software from two companies and paid more than he should have is considered. These payments are to avoid the auction. done in secret.
The two companies collaborated with Shchigol and Zhor and the Special Communication Service provided a total of 285 million hryvnia He paid (225.9 million lira). The products purchased were actually supplied from abroad and cost 223 million hryvnias. Shchigol and Zhor distinguish the difference they took it themselves.
According to local news outlet RBC, Zhor was arrested on Wednesday.