Another high-profile corruption case in Ukraine. Among the suspects are deputies from 'Servant of the People'
According to the investigation, members of the group received unlawful benefits for voting in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Yurii Kisel. Photo: 'Servant of the People' party website
Another high-profile corruption case in Ukraine. On December 27, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) reported that they conducted an undercover operation and exposed an organized criminal group, which included active People's Deputies of Ukraine. According to the investigation, members of the group systematically received unlawful benefits for voting in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
According to data from sources of 'Ukrainska Pravda', People's Deputies from 'Servant of the People' Yevhen Pyvovarov, Ihor Nehulevskyi, Olha Savchenko, and Yurii Kisel have already received suspicions, but there may be other suspicions.
At the same time, the publication Zn.ua reports suspicions only for three People's Deputies — Pyvovarov, Nehulevskyi, and Kisel under Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (acceptance of an offer, promise or receipt of unlawful benefits by an official).
As the publication writes, in the resolution, in addition to Article 368, Articles 255 (creation, management of a criminal community or criminal organization, as well as participation in it) and 369 (offer, promise or provision of unlawful benefits to an official) were also indicated.
On December 11, it was reported about wiretapping in the office of 'Servant of the People' deputy Yurii Kisel, thanks to which NABU was able to record his confidential contacts not only with former First Assistant to the President Serhii Shefir, but also with numerous other high-ranking officials. Zn.ua sources reported that detectives found a 'cash window' where 'Servant of the People' deputies received shadow payments.
As the publication writes, NABU investigated this case back when Artem Sytnyk was its director. At that time, the now deceased deputy Anton Polyakov reported that party deputies were paid salaries in envelopes: 5 thousand dollars for ordinary parliamentarians, and 10-15 thousand for chairs and deputy chairs of committees. After some time, NABU took the deal's cashier, Oleksandr Trukhin, out of the game.
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