December 4, 02:10 PM • 20386 viewsThe Verkhovna Rada has approved in the first reading a draft law allowing corruption suspects to “pay off” their sentences by paying a fine. The amount of compensation varies from UAH 204 thousand to UAH 204 million, depending on the severity of the crime.
Law enforcers are investigating land squatting and illegal sale of crops by state-owned enterprises of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences in Sumy region. Four criminal proceedings have been opened against "Iskra" and "Nadiya".
The court set a bail of UAH 3. 028 million and other restrictions for MP Mykola Zadorozhnyi, who was accused of extorting a bribe of UAH 3.4 million for not obstructing infrastructure repairs in Sumy region.
NABU and SAPO exposed prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office on receiving a $170,000 bribe to close a criminal case, and one prosecutor was detained and served with a notice of suspicion.
MP Mykola Zadorozhnyi, suspected of bribery, will be expelled from the parliamentary PIC and his membership in the Servant of the People faction will be suspended for the duration of the investigation.
MP Mykola Zadorozhnyi was expelled from the Servant of the People party for allegedly demanding a bribe for not interfering with the repair of infrastructure in Sumy region.
MP Mykola Zadorozhnyi of the Servant of the People faction is suspected of demanding a 10% kickback from the head of a village council in Sumy region for not obstructing a tender.
The first deputy director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), Gizo Uglava, took a polygraph test outside the bureau, despite an invitation to take it at NABU, and the results allegedly showed that he was not involved in the leak of information from NABU.
Audit: The NABU should change its approach to investigating cases, as some of them result in acquittals.
The investigation into the case of misappropriation of over UAH 62 million of funds of the State Special Communications Service has been completed. As of today, NABU detectives, on behalf of the SAPO prosecutor, have opened the case file to the defense for review.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine lacks reforms and funds to demonstrate high results of investigations, according to a report by international auditors who recommend strengthening the institutional capacity of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the High Anti-Corruption Court.
The group attempted to bribe officials to obtain senior positions in territorial customs authorities to organize corruption schemes, offering $1 million for the position of head of Lviv customs.
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption has found that former Deputy Prosecutor General Dmytro Verbytskyi has acquired unjustified assets worth almost UAH 29 million, including luxury cars, houses and an apartment in Turkey.
The case against the former head of the Kharkiv State Aviation Production Enterprise, who caused losses of more than USD 2. 3 million through embezzlement and fraud with contracts, has been referred to court.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has removed the electronic bracelet from former Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solsky.
The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court extended the term of the pre-trial investigation against ex-minister Mykola Solsky for another eight months, until December 23, 2024, in the case of the events of 2017-2018, that is, long before Solsky became a minister.
A former high-ranking official of PJSC Nek Ukrenergo is suspected of purchasing bulletproof vests at inflated prices through an affiliated company, which led to budget losses in the amount of more than UAH 10 million.
Independent experts warn that the creation of a forensic expert institution under the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine will not ensure the objectivity and timeliness of conducting expert examinations in criminal cases.
The mayor of Mukachevo and the chairman of the Mukachevo District Council were suspected of abuse of office in order to sell communal land with an area of more than 3 hectares at a low price, which led to losses in the amount of UAH 74. 9 million.
Senior detective Viktor Yarema, who worked at the Rivne Regional Prosecutor's Office before NABU, has a conflict of interest. Iryna Hilis also works there, and her daughter registered the LLC "Expert Group "ES&D". And it was from this company that NABU decided to order its forensic examinations.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine plans to spend UAH 1. 7 million to repair the facades of its administrative buildings in Kyiv.
It became known who else came to the attention of NABU, except for the head of Naftogaz Chernyshov.
Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Semyon Kryvonos did not attend the meeting of the parliamentary committee, which discussed a possible data leak from the bureau, as a result of which the deputies decided to hold an off-site meeting in the premises of the NABU.
The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court applied a preventive measure in the form of bail in the amount of 3 million hryvnias and other restrictions to the former head of the State Migration Service of Ukraine Maxim Sokolyuk, who was previously charged with seizing more than 88 million hryvnias during the reconstruction of the administrative building.
Anastasia Radina, head of the anti-corruption committee of the Verkhovna Rada, criticized NABU director Semyon Kryvonos for refusing to attend a meeting of the committee to investigate possible data leaks from the Bureau that may be related to a new journalistic investigation directly related to Kryvonos.
Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Semyon Kryvonos considers it premature to publicly discuss the ongoing investigation into possible information leaks from the bureau before its completion.
A possible leak of information from NABU investigations will be discussed at a meeting of the Rada's anti-corruption committee, which is expected to hear NABU director Semyon Krivonos.
Prosecutor General Andrey Kostin announced an internal investigation against his deputy Dmitry Verbitsky, who is suspected of illegal enrichment. Earlier, journalists found out that he lives in an elite cottage bought by his nephew at a price significantly lower than the market price, which prompted the NABU to open criminal proceedings.
During a meeting of the parliamentary committee, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak tried to remove an anti-corruption provision from the draft law on reforming the Bureau of Economic Security that would disqualify candidates entered in the Register of Corrupt Officials, but his proposal was rejected.
The NABU and the SAPO uncovered a scheme to legalize more than EUR 21 million in bribes received by the former head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine and his associates in 2015-2016 for facilitating illegal VAT refunds to agricultural holdings.
