The Prosecutor's Office of the Volyn Region has initiated and is investigating a criminal case under Article 364, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine "abuse of office" regarding the facts of the sale of trade union property. The case, involving several episodes, was initiated against officials of CJSC "VolynTuryst" who carried out questionable transactions involving the purchase and sale of trade union property, Deputy Prosecutor Vasyl Kurenda told the Western Information Corporation on June 1.\n\nIn particular, the prosecutor's office initiated a criminal case regarding the sale of a 42-bed hotel in the city of Novovolynsk. This unfinished construction site was transferred to the balance sheet of CJSC "VolynTuryst" by the previous leadership of the Volyn Federation of Trade Unions, and was subsequently sold to relatives for 65 thousand hryvnias. However, after a short period of time, this same complex was resold for 1 million 100 thousand hryvnias.\n\nAnother episode of the case is the sale of a subsidiary farm together with 5 hectares of land in the village of Zelene, in the Kovel district.