100 thousand US dollars for closing the proceedings: the prosecutor and the SBU employee will be tried
A law enforcement officer was detained in June last year while receiving funds from a bank representative. Subsequently, an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine was found to be involved in illegal activities.
According to the investigation, as a prosecutor and in a criminal proceeding opened on the fact of official negligence of members of the board of a banking institution, the man demanded 100 thousand US dollars from their representatives. For this amount, the prosecutor's office promised to resolve the issue of closing criminal proceedings and further “curating” the bank's activities. In particular - non-registration by law enforcement agencies of any criminal proceedings against a financial institution. In June last year, the defendant was detained during the transfer of 100 thousand US dollars to him.
During the investigation, the involvement of an employee of one of the Main Departments of the SBU was established in the crime. On the basis of the fictitious data collected by him about the bank's persons committing a crime, criminal proceedings were opened.
The illegal activities of the prosecutor's office were exposed by the operatives of the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police, investigators of the SBI Tertiary Department located in the city of Kyiv, under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
At the moment, the pre-trial investigation has been completed, the indictment against the offender has been sent to court.
The prosecutor of one of the Kyiv local prosecutor's offices is accused of official forgery, knowingly false reporting on the commission of a criminal offense and fraud (part 5 of article 27, part 1 of article 366, part 2 of article 28, part 1 of article 366, part 2 of article 366, part 2 of article 28, part 2 of article. 383, part 1 of article 366, part 2 of article 15, part 4 of article. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), and an employee of one of the Main Departments of the SBU - official forgery, knowingly false reporting on the commission of a criminal offense, fraud and disclosure of pre-trial investigation data (part 1 of article 366, part 2 of article 28, part 1 of article 366, part 2 of article 383, part 2 of article 2. Article 15, Part 4 of Article 190, Part 2 of Art. 387 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Department of Strategic Investigations
National Police of Ukraine
