Alexander Onishchenko: A Man with a Taste for Scandal ) together with his accomplices organized fraud that caused the state losses amounting to 3 billion hryvnias. The corruption scheme used to milk the Ukrgazvydobuvannya concern was based on the creation of fictitious companies that were sold gas at preferential rates, which were then sold to consumers at retail at a significant profit.
In response to requests from Prosecutor General's Office investigators, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted positively to prosecute Onishchenko (275 votes), to lift his parliamentary immunity (265 votes), and to authorize his arrest (263 votes). The accused previously claimed innocence and guaranteed his presence in Ukraine when the arrest warrant was issued, but he currently resides in Russia (Moscow) and is in no hurry to return home.
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The Prosecutor General's Office (GPU) previously granted a request to strip the parliamentary immunity of a corrupt MP: according to the investigation, Oleksandr Onishchenko (Read more: Alexander Onishchenko: A Man with a Taste for Scandal) together with his accomplices organized fraud that caused the state losses amounting to 3 billion hryvnias. The corruption scheme used to milk the Ukrgazvydobuvannya concern was based on the creation of fictitious companies that were sold gas at preferential rates, which were then sold to consumers at retail at a significant profit.