Corruption scheme exposed: In Kharkiv region, tractor drivers' licenses were issued for bribes
Kyiv • UNN
In Pisochyn, Kharkiv region, law enforcement officers exposed a corruption scheme at a training center for the agricultural sector, where the management demanded bribes from students in addition to tuition fees for issuing tractor driver licenses without proper training.
In Pesochyn, Kharkiv region, law enforcement officers exposed a corruption scheme for issuing tractor driver's licenses. According to investigators, the management of the training center for the agricultural sector, in addition to the official tuition fee, demanded bribes from students for a "successful" test and the issuance of a document. This was told by Serhiy Bolvinov, Head of the Investigation Department of the Kharkiv Oblast National Police, UNN reports.
Becoming a driver of agricultural machinery for money and virtually no training - this scheme was put into practice in Pisochyn, Kharkiv district. ... The photo shows detailed instructions on how to take a bribe. Such papers were seized during a search of the management and staff of the educational institution. They contain specific amounts of tranches and the entire mechanism of the illegal transaction.
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At present, the heads of the training center for the agricultural sector are involved in the case of selling tractor driver's licenses.
The director of the educational institution is under suspicion - the court has already sent him to custody. According to the investigation, the deputy director, methodologists, and the head of academic work may also be involved in the fraud.
In addition, law enforcement officers are also checking the alleged recipients of the IDs for bribes.
According to investigators, bribes were demanded from anyone who wanted to learn how to drive agricultural machinery and obtain a certificate. One of the victims told law enforcement officers that in addition to UAH 1800 of official payments, he was told the amount of UAH 3000. It was supposed to be a so-called "fee" for a "successful" test. He also added that it was not necessary to attend classes, because the document was issued for money, not knowledge.
Bolvinov also noted, citing a witness, that the following categories of IDs cost more at the center - from five thousand hryvnias.
The investigation of this case is ongoing. Law enforcers are preparing new suspicions for the rest of the defendants.
