Position: Deputy of the Bilhorod-Dniester District Council.
Sphere of corrupt activity: construction.
Region of corruption activity: Odesa region.
Qualification: Khmilkivskyi's actions were qualified under part 3 of Art. 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: is in the pre-trial detention center.
The plot of the case: in mid-February 2024, law enforcement officers detained a deputy of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskaya district council and the head of the KP housing and communal services of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskaya district council Anatoly Khmilkivskyi.
As reported by the Prosecutor General's Office, the deputy demanded an unlawful benefit from a private entrepreneur for the unimpeded transfer to lease with the right to privatization of two land plots with an area of 4 hectares near the village of Youth of Odesa district. The land was to be used for the construction of a vehicle maintenance complex.
For $20,000, he promised to influence the deputies of the neighboring OTG for a positive solution to this issue.
The law enforcement officers detained the deputy while receiving $10,000 - the first part of the stipulated amount.
At the prosecutor's request, the suspect was remanded in custody with the alternative of bail in the amount of over 4 million hryvnias.
As the journalists found out, Anatoliy Khmilkivskyi has been in the pre-trial detention center for more than a month.
Persons potentially involved in the corruption scheme: from open sources it is not known about the alleged accomplices.
Assets: in the declaration for 2021, Khmilkivskyi indicated two real estate objects - a plot of land (fully owned by the deputy) and an apartment.
Khmilkivskyi does not indicate his salary, but declares monetary assets. In particular, he declared 755,000 hryvnias, 60,000 dollars and 31,000 euros in cash. At the same time, his wife declared $25,000 and UAH 300,000 in cash for 2021.
Persons who should have responded to corruption schemes: in the case of Anatoly Khmilkivskyi, law enforcement officers responded in time to the deputy's criminal activity.
Scandals : In 2019, Anatoliy Khmilkivskyi "lit up" on scandalous video recordings of meetings of the brother of the head of the Office of the President, Denys Yermak. Khmilkivskyi met with him to discuss the possibility of getting a job in the Odesa region. He was interested in the position of "deputy for economy" in Odesa.
In his comments to journalists, Anatoliy Khmilkivskyi first said:
"Absolutely the first time I've heard of this. You must be mistaken." However, he later confirmed all the facts of his work biography, which he voiced during the interview recorded on video: "I do not remember this case. As a public and political figure and a person from business, I communicate with various people on various topics. If I communicated with a person, not knowing that this is Yermak, I allow this situation... If we talk about whether I was offered the position of deputy in some region, for example, with the surname Yermak - no, I was not offered."
Sources:
Telegram channel - Office of the Prosecutor General
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