Tag: corruption scheme

In the Khmelnytskyi region, entrepreneurs and officials organized a corrupt scheme to commission construction projects.

An employee of the Attorney General's Office wanted $150 for "help" in resolving the issue.

On January 13, 2022, police detained the scheme's organizer and his accomplice while receiving another $1000 payment, according to the National Police press service. Previously, in November and December 2021, two instances of receiving unlawful benefits—$3500 and $400—were documented. The organizer of the illegal scheme was a local businessman…

A National Police officer organized a large-scale scheme to "issue" firearms permits.

State Bureau of Investigation investigators, with operational support from the Security Service of Ukraine and in collaboration with the National Police's Department of Internal Affairs, have issued notices of suspicion to five individuals who organized a large-scale scheme to issue illegal weapons permits, the State Bureau of Investigation press service reported. Law enforcement officials discovered that one of the heads of the National Police's Department of Preventive Activities…

NABU uncovers a 47 million UAH corruption scheme at Yuzhny Port.

The management of the Yuzhny port was accused of embezzlement during tender procurement.

On October 27, 2020, NABU detectives, under the procedural guidance of the SAP, exposed 11 individuals involved in a corruption scheme at the state-owned enterprise Yuzhny Commercial Sea Port, according to the NABU website. Due to the actions of current and former officials of the Yuzhny Commercial Sea Port, who orchestrated the corruption scheme,…

Anti-corruption prosecutors have taken on MP Yatsenko.

The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) has opened two criminal cases against Anton Yatsenko, a member of parliament from the "Vidrodzhennya" political party. This was stated in the SAP's response to an inquiry from the program "Our Money with Denys Bigus." Both cases were opened based on information from…

Odessa's chief customs officer, Vlasov, is working on a new corruption scheme against entrepreneurs.

Oleksandr Vlasov, the head of the Odessa Customs Office, according to the online resource "Customs Schemes in Detail," is forcing private entrepreneurs to participate in a new venture of his own, which appears to be a typical corruption scheme. Specifically, the extortion mechanism, which Anton Borisenko, the first deputy, developed jointly with his "boss,"...

MP Yatsenko transferred a "palace" in Kozyn and luxury real estate worth $10 million hryvnia to his father-in-law.

Anton Yatsenko, a member of parliament and former member of the Party of Regions (now the "Vidrodzhennya" party), recently came to the attention of the news outlet "Nashi Groshi," which conducted a meticulous journalistic investigation into the MP's assets. The investigation revealed that the former member of the Party of Regions himself is behaving in an extremely rude manner, refusing to cooperate.

The Kyiv City State Administration intends to purchase outdated netbooks under the guise of “electronic textbooks.”

The Kyiv City State Administration's Department of Education announced its intention to equip Kyiv schools with equipment referred to in documents as "electronic textbooks." This is a good initiative, were it not for one "BUT": the cost of one such device is announced at 12,987 hryvnias, meaning the city budget intends to...

The Prosecutor General's Office suspects National Police accountants of laundering millions.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) is conducting searches at the Kyiv Oblast National Police building. According to preliminary reports, the embezzlement of 1 million hryvnias in public funds is underway. The PGO press service released the information, which was also confirmed by the National Police: the agency's accountants are suspected of committing the crime.