The mayor of Mukachevo, Andriy Baloga, and the head of the Mukachevo District Council, Mykhailo Lanyo, were in the center of attention of law enforcement agencies and the public of Mukachevo. They were detained on suspicion of corruption related to the illegal sale of the city stadium.
The mayor of Mukachevo, Andrii Balogu, and the head of the Mukachevo district council, Mykhailo Lanyo, nicknamed "Blyuk", were detained by SBU and NABU employees.
This was reported by journalist Vitaly Glagola in his Telegram channel.
Officially, the SAP and NABU reported that the mayor and the head of the district council in Zakarpattia were abusing their official position in order to sell a plot of communal property with an area of more than 3 hectares at an undervalued price.
The organizer of the scheme is the chairman of the Lanyo district council, who is an influential authority in the criminal environment of the region. In the past, he was twice elected as a People's Deputy, including from the now banned "Party of Regions".
According to the data of the investigation, at the session of the city council, the mayor ensured the decision to sell the plot at a price that was reduced by almost 9 times. At the same time, the buyer of the plot was a private company, the actual controller of which is the head of the district council.
The basis for this was an expert monetary assessment with an understated value of the plot. According to the case file, the owners of the appraiser company were bribed for an "understated conclusion".
As a result, land with a market value of UAH 84.6 million was sold for UAH 9.6 million.
In addition, according to the case file, the mayor gave the company a 6-month delay in payment by personal decision.
Losses to the territorial community amount to UAH 74.9 million.
The detention is related to the corruption scheme of the sale of the "Avangard" stadium, located in the city of Mukachevo. The amount of losses from the sale of the stadium and almost 3 hectares of land is approximately 100 million hryvnias. Artur Samilyak, the head of the land department of the Mukachevo City Council, was also detained.
In accordance with the committed crimes, a notice of suspicion is being prepared for the officials, as well as the two owners of the appraiser company and the appraiser under the following articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
◾️ Art.
358 (forgery of documents, seals, stamps and forms, sale or use of forged documents, seals, stamps); ◾️ Art.
364 (abuse of power or official position); ◾️ Art. 368-4 (bribery of a person who provides public services).
