Law enforcement officers have completed an investigation into the case of the deputy director of a department of the Kyiv City State Administration and a private entrepreneur-intermediary, who is accused of extorting bribes from truck carriers. According to the State Bureau of Investigation, the official demanded 40,000 hryvnias from carriers every week for obtaining permits to work on route lines through a company controlled by him. The indictment was sent to court, and the case is gaining wide publicity.
As reported, in April 2024, the SBI was contacted by the wife of a serviceman who managed her husband's transportation company while he was serving.
The company served one of the Kyiv routes. The woman complained about systemic pressure from the official and threats to terminate the current passenger transportation contract if she did not agree to “cooperate.”.
In particular, the company was supposed to transfer 40,000 hryvnias to the official every week through a controlled company for the right to work on the route.
Law enforcement officers detained the intermediary entrepreneur immediately after receiving the next "tranche" for the official.
A series of searches were conducted, during which documents and equipment confirming illegal activities were seized. The official was suspended from duty.
The two defendants are accused of receiving unlawful benefit (Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The sanction of the article provides for a penalty of imprisonment for a term of up to 10 years.
