Main points
- In Zhytomyr region, the head of the regional CCC was detained, who demanded a bribe to avoid mobilizing the company's employees.
- The SBU documented his actions and announced suspicion of receiving illegal benefits, and the man faces up to 10 years in prison.
SBU exposed the head of the Zhytomyr Regional CCC and Joint Venture for corruption / Collage of Channel 24
In Zhytomyr region, the head of the regional CCC and JV was detained, who demanded money from a local entrepreneur for not mobilizing his employees.
This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine and Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko.
What was the scheme?
According to the investigation, the official systematically received bribes from the owner of a local company. In return, the man promised not to carry out mobilization measures against employees of draft age at this enterprise.
After receiving the money, the defendant took from the businessman lists of company personnel whom he was supposed to “book” from checks by mobile groups of the CCC and law enforcement officers, as well as when crossing checkpoints,
– the message says.
To make the scheme work, the official demanded lists of employees with personal data and phone numbers from the entrepreneur. In the event of inspections by the CCC, he promised to intervene promptly to avoid the mobilization of these people.
Moreover, as the investigation found out, the man also advised the company's employees not to attract the attention of the police in order to avoid additional checks. Law enforcement officers recorded several cases of him accepting bribes.
SBU officers documented the actions of the head of the Central Election Commission and detained him while accepting another bribe. They note that after that he was suspected of receiving an illegal benefit by an official.
The issue of a preventive measure is currently being decided; if found guilty, he faces up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property. The investigation to establish all the circumstances of the crime is ongoing.
Please note! According to the law, a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in accordance with the law and established by a final court verdict.
Other corruption crimes in Ukraine
As a reminder, law enforcement officers recently conducted over 30 searches of CCC employees and filed over 150 administrative cases for corruption violations. Among those involved was the head of one of the district CCCs in Odessa.
Previously, in Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region, law enforcement officers detained three people involved in a mobilization evasion scheme. They helped conscripts avoid conscription through documents.
Recently, law enforcement officers also detained the head of the military medical commission in Transcarpathia, who, in exchange for bribes, issued documents stating “limited fitness” to conscripts without an actual medical examination.