The SBU announced the disclosure of the fact of corruption among high-ranking officials of the State Tax Service in Kyiv. According to the agency's information, the detained person was the deputy head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in the capital.
According to the agency, the official is involved in extorting illegal profits from the capital's entrepreneurs.
Law enforcement officers documented how he received bribes from the director of a Kyiv company engaged in the wholesale trade of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels. In exchange for a monetary reward, the tax official reportedly promised to grant the entrepreneur licenses to sell fuel.
The official involved an acquaintance to communicate with the head of the company and transfer the bribe.
The security service documented the official's receipt of the first part of the illegal benefit and detained him and the intermediary during the transfer of the second "tranche".
Both detainees were charged with suspicion under Part 3 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (acceptance of an offer, promise or receipt of an illegal benefit by an official).
The issue of selecting a preventive measure is being resolved. The Kyiv taxman faces up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.
