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According to media, it was he whom NABU and SAPO served a notice of suspicion in 2024 in a case about the sale of coal by SE Ukrvuhillia to a private firm instead of Centrenergo (losses of almost UAH 12 million); in 2026 the case was sent to court. There is no verdict.","episodes":[{"id":"01a0f958-37eb-7331-ae23-ad3c63f56748","title":"Sale of coal of SE “Ukrvuhillia” to a private company instead of “Centrenergo”","status":"indictment","amounts":{"usd":{"rate":"0.0242731997","alleged":"288608.34","rateDate":"2024-07-26","established":"0.00"},"alleged":"11890000.00","currency":"UAH","established":"0.00"},"dateEnd":"2022-10-31","sources":[{"id":"01a0f958-37fd-7163-91f5-2aa820c0ef80","url":"https://nabu.gov.ua/news/makhinatci-z-vugilliam-pid-chas-viyiny-sudytymut-kolyshn-ogo-topposadovtcia-minenergo/","type":"official","title":"Coal machinations during the war: former top official of the Ministry of Energy to stand trial","publisher":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-04-06","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f958-37f6-75ce-9543-61a71c61b518","url":"https://nabu.gov.ua/news/makhinatci-z-vugilliam-pid-chas-viyiny-slidstvo-zaversheno/","type":"official","title":"Coal machinations during the war: investigation completed","publisher":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2025-06-16","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f958-37f0-751a-af5f-d8811ea465ec","url":"https://nabu.gov.ua/news/makhinatci-z-vugilliam-pid-chas-viyiny-troye-pidozriuvanykh/","type":"official","title":"Coal machinations during the war: three suspects (VIDEO+DIAGRAM)","publisher":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2024-07-26","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f958-380f-79a9-a5a3-5a4a68a94390","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwrqYNl-_BA","type":"ngo","title":"Sold coal – bought a cottage for 35 million: the success story of former Deputy Minister of Energy Nemchynov","publisher":"Bihus.Info","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2024-09-05","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f958-3803-76f3-9d6d-20b95ee00b53","url":"https://biz.liga.net/ua/all/energy/novosti/vaks-peredav-do-rayonnoho-sudu-spravu-nabu-pro-zbytky-tsentrenerho-ne-dotiahnuly-do-porohu","type":"media","title":"HACC transferred NABU's case on Centrenergo losses to a district court: below the threshold","publisher":"LIGA.net","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-05-09","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f958-3808-7fca-bf3d-a016e211351a","url":"https://www.slovoidilo.ua/2026/04/13/novyna/polityka/vaks-pryznachyv-zasidannya-spravi-eksnardepa-vecherka-pro-vuhillya","type":"media","title":"HACC scheduled a hearing in the coal case of former MP Vecherko","publisher":"Slovo i Dilo","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-04-13","untranslated":[]}],"dateStart":"2022-07-01","caseNumber":null,"description":"According to NABU and SAPO, in summer 2022, despite a Cabinet of Ministers instruction to supply coal to state power producers, the beneficial owner of a private company, in collusion with a former Deputy Minister of Energy, induced the director of SE «Ukrvuhillia» to sell the company almost 24 thousand tonnes of coal, which it resold with a markup of almost UAH 20 million; PJSC «Centrenergo» received 12.5 thousand tonnes less and in September–October 2022 overpaid almost UAH 12 million for more expensive coal. NABU does not name the persons; Bihus.Info and the media identify the former Deputy Minister as Maksym Nemchynov. In April 2026 NABU reported that the case had been sent to court; according to LIGA.net, on 7 May 2026 the HACC transferred it to the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv, assessing the damage at UAH 11.89 million (this amount is used in the record; NABU says «almost UAH 12 million», Bihus.Info «at least UAH 12 million»). Nemchynov denies the suspicion and links it to his participation in the competition for the National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC). There is no verdict.","disclosedAt":"2024-07-26","coDefendants":[{"slug":"nemchynov-maksym-d59b","fullName":"Немчинов Максим Олександрович","personId":"01a0f958-33ab-7c16-a6d2-c248bb6eefbd","fullNameLatin":"Nemchynov Maksym Oleksandrovych"}],"untranslated":[],"courtCaseNumber":null,"statusUpdatedAt":"2026-04-06","criminalArticles":["ч.3 ст.27 ч.2 ст.364 КК"],"dateIsApproximate":true,"investigatingBody":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","daysWithoutMovement":183}],"fullName":"Вечерко Володимир Миколайович","response":null,"birthYear":1953,"deathDate":null,"indexable":true,"updatedAt":"2026-10-03T23:16:55.688733+00:00","revisionId":"01a1040e-6bde-7231-b137-ca6ae407bb29","connections":[{"slug":"nemchynov-maksym-d59b","type":"episode","photo":{"url":"/media/persons/01a0f958-33ab-7c16-a6d2-c248bb6eefbd/b34099b0-7f9b-4a45-9cd6-6ac5c1f5f17e-640.webp","credit":"NV — https://nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/politics/maksim-nemchinov-ekszastupniku-ministra-energetiki-obrali-zapobizhniy-zahid-50453323.html","license":"усі права захищені"},"status":"indictment","fullName":"Немчинов Максим Олександрович","personId":"01a0f958-33ab-7c16-a6d2-c248bb6eefbd","position":"Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine","sharedObject":"Case on the sale of coal by SE \"Ukrvuhillia\" instead of \"Tsentrenerho\"","untranslated":[],"fullNameLatin":"Nemchynov Maksym Oleksandrovych","sharedObjectHref":null}],"citizenships":["UA"],"govPositions":[{"id":"01a102b8-418e-7ed8-892c-6358bd8850c6","title":"Member of Parliament of Ukraine, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Construction, Urban Planning, Housing and Communal Services and Regional Policy","agency":"Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine","dateTo":null,"region":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a102b8-418c-7c2d-a417-d5986632925d","url":"https://t.me/nab_ukraine/2673","type":"official","title":"Coal machinations during the war: three suspects (NABU Telegram)","publisher":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2024-07-26","untranslated":[]}],"dateFrom":null,"agencySlug":"verkhovna-rada-ukrainy-150c","untranslated":[],"appointmentType":null}],"nameVariants":["Володимир Вечерко","Vecherko Volodymyr"],"untranslated":[],"fullNameLatin":"Vecherko Volodymyr Mykolaiovych","primaryStatus":"indictment","officialStatus":"former","currentSituation":"unknown","commercialPositions":[]}