Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has sent indictment letters against the former deputy heads of Kharkiv, Kyiv and Cherkasy regional administrations to court.

According to a post on the PGO website, evidence has been uncovered that proves property was seized by a group of persons as a result of abuse of office (Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) and forgery causing grave consequences (Part 2 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code).

The PGO said that two more deputies of Donetsk Regional Administration are suspected of committing the above-mentioned crimes and have been notified.

"During the pretrial investigation it was established that the said officials in 2010-February 2014 helped a group of persons headed by Serhiy Kurchenko [businessman] to illegally seize large volumes of liquefied gas which belonged to public joint-stock company Ukrgazvydobuvannia and OJSC Ukrnafta via the purchase of gas at special auctions at prices that were lower than the market prices set only for the cases of selling liquefied gas for the needs of households, although gas was sold to commercial structures via the network of companies under control and illegal profit was received," the PGO said.