KIEV, Aug 1 – Andriy Amelin, chairman of state-run enterprise Sea Port Authority of Ukraine, has been informed that he is suspected of embezzling funds via setting too high a cost for lubricants and fuel, Deputy Infrastructure Minister Yuriy Lavreniuk said.

"The old-new embezzlement scheme has been revealed by joint efforts of the anti-corruption department of Infrastructure Ministry and the economic protection department of Security Service of Ukraine. Due to setting too high prices of fuel and lubricants by WOG-Retail LLC (Lutsk) in February through March 2015, damage of UAH 3.5 million was caused to Sea Port Authority," he wrote on his Facebook page last week.

Lavreniuk said that Amelin is suspected of committing the crime (Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).