Homeland Security exposed two policemen and their accomplice in extorting bribes and illegal deprivation of liberty
Law enforcement officers documented the actions of intruders in extorting and obtaining illegal benefits from a husband for helping in concealment from the authorities of pre-trial investigation. All three defendants have already been charged with suspicion.
Operatives of the Department of Internal Security of the National Police of Ukraine received information about the extortion of ill-gotten gains by two metropolitan police officers. In particular, it was established that a senior investigator and a senior district police officer of the Holosiivskyi Police Department of the GUNP in Kyiv city acted in collusion with a 41-year-old resident of Kyiv region. Police officers without a decision of the investigative court detained a man who was wanted for fraud. Wanting to “make money”, the accomplices offered the defendant in the proceedings for a monetary reward of 10 thousand US dollars not to report his whereabouts to the pre-trial investigation authorities, nor to transfer him to the court to choose a preventive measure.
After receiving part of the “ransom” - 55 thousand hryvnias, the man was released. The other part of the money was to be transferred by the detainee to a bank card to the 41-year-old conspirator, which he handed over to the police. In total, the defendants received 95 thousand hryvnias from the man.
According to the internal security materials of the NPU, employees of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office initiated criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 146 (Illegal Imprisonment or Abduction of a Person) and Part 3 of Article 368 (Acceptance of an offer, promise or receipt of an illegal benefit by an official) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Subsequently, the materials were transferred to the territorial department of the SBI, located in the city of Kiev.
During the authorized searches of the defendants, law enforcement officers found and seized: money, cold and firearms. In addition, mobile phones, SIM cards and special equipment, vehicles have been removed.
At present, SBI investigators, under the procedural guidance of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office, have handed over suspicions to two policemen and their accomplice in committing criminal offenses provided for in Part 2 of Article 146 and Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. For their actions, they face punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 10 years. A pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Department of Homeland Security
National Police of Ukraine
