600 thousand dollars for the post of Head of Regional State Administration — police detained a group of people in Mykolaiv region
The attackers promised to assist in the appointment of a citizen to the post of Head of the Nikolaev State Administration. For their “services” they asked for 600 thousand US dollars.
Operatives of the Department of Strategic Investigations in the Nikolaev area together with investigators of the Nikolaev regional police department established that the organizer of the criminal scheme was a 64-year-old resident of Kiev - a former employee of the affairs department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. The woman involved a 36-year-old resident of the capital - the head of the board of a charitable organization - into the accomplices.
According to the plan agreed by the attackers, the woman allegedly found a candidate for the post of Head of the Nikolaev regional state administration. For this, she demanded from the last 600 thousand US dollars. At the same time, she emphasized that the funds are needed for high-ranking officials who will contribute to the appropriate appointment.
On August 10, operatives and investigators with the force support of the Regional Directorate of KORD detained the organizer and her accomplice while receiving part of the agreed amount — 200 thousand US dollars.
Currently, two persons have been detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. The issue of notifying them of the suspicion is resolved.
Procedural guidance in criminal proceedings, opened under Part 4 of Art. 190 (Fraud) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, carried out by the Nikolaev regional prosecutor's office. The sanction of the article provides for a sentence of up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Department of communication of the police of the Nikolaev area
