To secure the contracts, the suspects allegedly used multiple affiliated commercial entities, some registered abroad, to simulate a competitive bidding process.The scheme is believed to have defrauded the state of Hr 27.3 million ($662,000), which was funneled through a network of shell companies. If convicted, the accused face up to six years in prison.This is not the first investigation by NABU into high-profile corruption. On July 16, then-Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin said that two prosecutors from the Prosecutor General's Office were under investigation for allegedly accepting a $170,000 bribe to close a criminal case. One of the prosecutors was charged and detained at their workplace following a probe by NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). SBU arrests Ukrainian officer allegedly working as a Russian mole in special forcesAccording to the report, the officer, the commander of a unit in Special Operations Forces, had been transmitting critical military intelligence to Russian troops.The Kyiv IndependentThe Kyiv Independent news desk