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NABU and SAPO Suspect Haiduk of $1.3M Bribe

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NABU and SAPO reported suspicions of Vitaly Gaiduk, the acting head of the Central Territorial Department of Capital Construction of the Ministry of Defense, in receiving illegal benefits.

This was reported by the press services of the authorities, without specifying the specific position and surname of the official. According to media reports, this is Haiduk.

On the instructions of the Deputy Prosecutor General - Head of the SAPO, the prosecutor reported suspicion to the temporarily acting head of one of the Central Territorial Departments of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (has a lawyer's certificate), who was exposed for requesting and receiving an especially large amount of illegal benefit for the construction of housing for military personnel and their family members on a land plot allocated to the Central Territorial Department. The actions of the employee were qualified under Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine

– informs the prosecutor's office.

According to the investigation, the official offered to ensure victory in the competition for the construction of a house for the military in the Svyatoshynskyi district of Kyiv. To implement the plan, he involved other people, and estimated the “services” at $1.3 million. The money was to be transferred in three tranches through bank cells: $100,000 – after the start of the competition; $400,000 – upon signing the construction contract; $800,000 – after the completion of the first stage of construction.

After the announcement of the start of the competition, the developer offered to reduce the amount to 1 million dollars and provided the first tranche. In June 2025, the accomplices of the crime were exposed immediately after receiving part of the funds. The collected evidence gave grounds to report the suspicion to the official himself.

Previously, NABU, together with the SSU, exposed a scheme of illegal appropriation of state funds in the Ministry of Justice. The amount involved is over 10 million hryvnias.

We also reported that the SSU exposed the waste of 1 billion UAH on food for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.