Dnipro court to try municipal enterprise and contractor executives over 26 million UAH embezzlement

Case materials worth 26 million sent to court

The Dnipropetrovsk regional prosecutor's office has completed the investigation and sent to court a criminal case concerning the illegal use of 26 million hryvnias. These funds were transferred for the maintenance of the city's waste landfill, which covers an area of over 130 hectares.

Who is named in the case

According to court data, suspicion has been brought against several officials of the municipal enterprise "Eko Dnipro" and a private company. The accused include:

• Eduard Meshkovsky, director of KP "Eko Dnipro";
• his deputy Valery Zherikhov;
• chief engineer Denis Fateev;
• chief accountant Lyudmila Kotova.

The court will also consider the case of Viktor Shuvalov, director of LLC "Dniproekovtor", and chief accountant Larisa Kuziakova.

Mechanism of fund embezzlement

According to the investigation, between July 2024 and January 2026, payments were made to a private firm for work performed based on false documents. In reality, most of the works listed in the certificates were carried out by the municipal enterprise's own employees and equipment, yet the payments went to the private contractor.

It was previously reported that six officials in Dnipro would be tried for embezzling budget funds allocated for the maintenance of the landfill.