Enforcement officer detained over alimony bribe
Law enforcement officers have caught an official of the Ivano-Frankivsk region's regional department of the state enforcement service taking bribes. The official took a $3,000 bribe for closing enforcement proceedings for the payment of alimony worth UAH 600,000.
As reported by the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Prosecutor's Office on Friday, May 15, a 37-year-old man from the Carpathians owed his ex-wife UAH 650,000 in alimony since 2016. Because of this, he was included in the Unified Register of Debtors, receiving a ban on traveling abroad and the right to drive a car.
In April 2026, the debtor's new wife contacted the bailiff. During the meeting, the official assured that she could resolve the issue of removing her husband from the register and cancel all restrictions without paying the debt itself. She promised to influence her colleague, another chief state bailiff, who was handling the case. She demanded $3,000 for her service.
On May 11, the suspect received the entire bribe amount. On the same day, she handed the woman a resolution to lift the restriction on traveling abroad and to remove her husband from the register of debtors, due to the alleged absence of arrears in alimony payments.
The official was detained. During searches of her car and workplace, $2,000, mobile phones, official documents, and draft notes were seized.
The officials are charged with extorting a bribe to influence a public servant's decision (Part 3, Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). For this offense, she faces up to 8 years in prison with confiscation of property.
Investigators are investigating the involvement in the crime of the head of the regional department of the state enforcement service and his subordinate, who issued a resolution to cancel the enforcement measures.
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