The National Anti -Corruption Bureau of Ukraine reported a new suspicion of the former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Smirnov. He is accused of legalization of illegally obtained funds and receiving a bribe in a particularly large amount.
According to the investigation, in the period 2019-2021 Smirnov illegally received a considerable amount of cash. In order to legalize it, according to NABU, he invested almost UAH 6.5 million in the construction of private homes with a total area of more than 300 square meters. m on the coast in the Odessa region. The land on which construction was conducted officially belonged to another person, and the buildings themselves were initially registered for a firm under the control of Smirnova. After he was declared his first suspicion in May 2024, the property was reissued for a trustee.
As part of the same case, law enforcement officers also incriminate a bribe. According to NABU, in 2022 it was approached by the owner of a construction company with a proposal to provide a bribe in the form of free execution of works and services worth about $ 100,000 for the construction of one of the houses. Instead, the entrepreneur requested that the tender's results in the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine and ensure the victory of his company in a new tender.
Smirnov, according to investigators, agreed and agreed on the "necessary" decision in the AMCU.
We will remind that the first suspicion of Andriy Smirnov was declared in May 2024 - under the article on illegal enrichment in the amount of UAH 15.7 million. Then he pledged and remained freedom.
