State Executor Detained for Bribery in Odesa

In Odessa, police officers, together with SBU officers, detained a state bailiff for extorting a bribe of 50,000 hryvnias. The official promised to lift the seizure of bank accounts for this amount.

This was reported by the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Odessa region.

The investigation established that an employee of one of the departments of the city's State Executive Service, during the proceedings in the case of collecting alimony, seized the debtor's bank accounts. When the man asked for clarification, the employee suggested resolving the issue of quickly lifting the seizure for illegal gain.

In case of refusal of the "deal", he threatened additional penalties.

The state executive appointed a meeting in the city center, during which he received the money, after which he returned to the office and lifted the arrest from the accounts. During searches at the suspect's place of work and residence, cash, documentation, and other physical evidence were seized.

He was informed of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - obtaining unlawful benefit by an official through abuse of power, combined with extortion. The sanction of the article provides for up to 10 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property and deprivation of the right to hold certain positions for a term of up to three years.

He was detained in a procedural manner. The issue of choosing a preventive measure is currently being decided. The investigation is ongoing.

Earlier it became known that the Supreme Court upheld the verdict for bribing a prosecutor.

We also wrote that a Lviv rescuer was fined for a bribe.