District Council Deputy Caught Taking $20,000 Bribe in Lviv Region

District Council Deputy Caught Taking $20,000 Bribe in Lviv Region image

A deputy of the district council, who is also the head of one of the district gas utility operation management services, demanded money for connecting the enterprise to the gas distribution system.

This was reported by the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police of Ukraine.

The police documented the fact that the defendant received a bribe of $20,000 from the businessman. In return, the deputy, head of one of the district gas utility management services, handed the businessman a package of documents on the commissioning of gas facilities at his production facility.

– the message says.

It is noted that the official created artificial obstacles for entrepreneurs if they refused to pay.

The suspect has now been notified of suspicion and faces up to eight years in prison with confiscation of property.

As a reminder, an official and a volunteer were detained in Lviv for fleeing tax evasion.

We also wrote that the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) completed an investigation into the supply of low-quality clothing to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.