During the court hearing in the case of "protecting porn offices," the prosecution requested a preventive measure in the form of detention for the suspect Vorobey with an alternative bail of 12 million hryvnias. This was reported by a journalist from UNN from the courtroom.
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In the event of a court decision regarding the possibility of applying bail, we believe that the bail amount should be 12 million hryvnias
This refers to the assistant to the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Teterya - V.V. Vorobey. At the same time, the head of the Ivano-Frankivsk police, Serhiy Bezpalko, was remanded in custody for two months with the possibility of release on bail of 7 million hryvnias.
Context
On Wednesday, May 20, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Kravchenko announced a large-scale operation to purge the National Police system of corruption conducted in Ukraine. A scheme for covering up "porn offices" in three regions was uncovered.
Law enforcement officers detained in the case of protecting "porn offices" were served with notices of suspicion under Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (acceptance of an improper benefit).
The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment from 8 to 12 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to 3 years and with confiscation of property.
The list of suspects includes:
- assistant to the Deputy
Minister of Internal Affairs Teterya - V. Vorobey;
- head of the police
of Ivano-Frankivsk region S. Bezpalko;
- deputy head of the police
of Ivano-Frankivsk region V. Yatsyuk;
- first deputy head - head of the investigative department of the police of Ternopil region A. Tkachyk;
- deputy head of the police
of Zhytomyr region I. Hulevatyi.