The National Anti -Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti -Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) opened the case files on the high -ranking official of the Security Service of Ukraine, which is suspected of extorting a large bribe.
According to the investigation, the head of the Sector of the Department of Protection of National Statehood of the Security Service of Ukraine, acting with accomplices, demanded from the citizen $ 300,000. This person is in criminal proceedings for illegal transfer of conscripts across the border.
The SBU official allegedly promised to "resolve the issue" for this amount: to destroy some of the case files, to hide the already collected evidence and to ensure the avoidance of strict criminal liability. In case of refusal, he threatened to retraining the case into more difficult articles of the Criminal Code.
After transferring part of a bribe of $ 72,000, law enforcement officers documented the crime and told the participants of the suspicion scheme.
The actions of the SBU employee are qualified under Part 4 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - obtaining an undue benefit by an official combined with extortion. Its accomplices appear in the case under Part 5 of Art. 27 and Part 4 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code - aiding and abiding a bribe.
