The VAKS panel of judges found him and the head of the lease relations service guilty of abuse of office.
On March 1, the board of judges of the VAX announced the verdict of the former head of Boryspil airport and UIA Yevgenia Dykhneand the head of the lease relations service were found guilty of abuse of office. This caused more than UAH 15.7 million in damages, the press service of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office reports.
During 2014-2019, officials of the state-owned enterprise transferred premises to business entities on the basis of pre-lease contracts. However, it turned out that the above-mentioned property belongs to the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and only the State Property Fund has the right to lease it according to the appropriate tender procedure.
Yevgeny Dykhna was sentenced to five years in prison, and the head of the lease relations service was sentenced to four years in prison with the deprivation of the right to hold positions related to the performance of organizational, managerial or administrative and economic functions, for a term of three years and with a fine in the amount of UAH 8.5 thousand. The court's verdict can be appealed within thirty days.
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NABU announced suspicion against Yevgeny Dykhne in September of 2020. He is charged with losses of UAH 16.5 million. Then Dykhnetold the Ministry of Foreign AffairsI that the practice of signing preliminary contracts, during the period when the State Property Fund conducts procedures for selecting tenants, has existed since 2010. “This is not a new topic, it is well known to all ministers of infrastructure and managers of the State Property Fund … I managed the airport from the end of 2014 to 2017. In 2015, for the first time in the previous three years, Boryspil became profitable thanks to the changes that my team and I made,” he noted.
