The Security Service of Ukraine has detained a suspected enemy collaborator in Volyn region who had been wanted for three years over cooperation with ruscists in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine.

According to the investigation, the suspect is the former chief accountant of a seized enterprise in Luhansk region that manufactures equipment for russia’s coal industry. She was detained in one of Ukraine’s western regions, where she had travelled for personal reasons.

Investigators established that, in 2015, she participated in the so-called ‘re-registration’ of the enterprise with the occupation authorities of the self-proclaimed luhansk people’s republic. Following the re-registration, the company began regularly supplying finished products to russian coal mines, while part of its profits was transferred to the russian budget  as ‘tax payments.’

Between September 2016 and January 2020, the senior manager transferred more than UAH 1.5 million to the treasury of the russian occupation authorities.

Investigators also established that the woman was part of an organised criminal group that included the plant’s owner, a former ‘member of the so-called LPR people’s council’, as well as two ‘chief executives’ who took turns managing the seized enterprise.

In 2023, SSU investigators notified the individuals involved of their status as suspects under Article 110-2.4 of the CCU – financing actions aimed at changing Ukraine’s borders, committed by an organised group.

After completing the investigation, the Service submitted the case to the court and obtained arrest warrants for the former chief accountant and her accomplices.

The account is now in custody. If convicted, she faces up to 10 years in prison, along with confiscation of property.

The operation was carried out by the SSU Office in Donetsk and Luhansk regions under the procedural supervision of the Luhansk Regional Prosecutor’s Office.