A whistleblower who highlighted the alleged misuse of funds by Estonian NGO Slava Ukraini says that the CEO of the organization, Johanna-Maria Lehtme, was aware of these misappropriations.
Speaking to ETV investigative show "Pealtnägija", Oleksandr Tšernov, currently under house arrest in Ukraine and who has been helping authorities there with its inquiries into the alleged misappropriates, recounted one embezzlement he said involved pre-prepared food packages.
Tšernov said: "I was aware of the sum of money which went on the purchase of these packages and how much money was [actually] spent. I understood how much money was left in the account, most of all since for one thing, it was not purchased at all, it was taken from the warehouse."
"It was canned meat, which was not actually purchased, though a bill was presented for it," Tšernov went on.
Tšernov had informed the Slava Ukraini board about his concerns about the misuse of its funds, amassed from donations from people in Estonia. Last weekend, Tšernov was arrested by regional police in the eastern city of Dnipro, and is currently under house arrest.
Tšernov says he fears for his safety, given what he knows about the alleged misuse of donations, and the fact that the authorities know that he knows.
Tšernov also said that IC Construction, whose real beneficiary is thought to be one Hennadi Vaskiv, earned close to 7,000 in profit from 4,000 food packages, while an even greater disparity can be found between the actual...
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