The investigation into an attempted bribery of an auditor by a Defense Ministry official has been completed.

The investigation into an attempted bribery of an auditor by a Defense Ministry official has been completed.

The investigation into an attempted bribery of an auditor by a Defense Ministry official has been completed.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) have completed a pre-trial investigation into the head of a structural unit of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, suspected of offering to transfer 24 million hryvnias in unlawful benefits to influence the results of an audit of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (MoD). This was reported on Online NABU.

According to the investigation, in the spring of 2021, the deputy head of the Ministry of Defense's Military Representative Offices Department—head of the Ministry of Defense's Military Representative Offices Control Department*—promised to transfer UAH 16,8 million to the director of the Ministry of Defense's Internal Audit Department from a commercial company carrying out work under a state defense contract to reconstruct the underground section of a building belonging to one of the central directorates into the Ministry of Defense's Unified Security Center. The funds were intended for a positive audit opinion regarding the compliance, completeness, and quality of the equipment supplied by the commercial company with the terms of the state contract. The official from the Military Representative Office estimated his "services" at UAH 7 million—that is, the amount he was supposed to receive for his "mediation" between the commercial company and the director of the Internal Audit Department. In total, the sum involved is approximately UAH 24 million.

A positive audit report would allow the private company to receive full payment for the contract, which is worth over 400 million hryvnias, and to qualify for subsequent contracts to develop other parts of the system," the statement said.

The suspect's actions are classified under Part 3 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. On June 2, 2022, the defense was given access to the criminal case materials for review before forwarding the indictment to the High Anti-Corruption Court.

In December 2021, NABU and SAP notified the official of their suspicions.

The investigation is identifying other participants in the crime.

Ранее Skelet.Org reported that The "servant" Kuzminykh, suspected of bribery, did not post the bail of 50 thousand hryvnias set by the court.

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