Position: village head of Zazim village council of Brovary district of Kyiv region.
The sphere of corrupt activity: communal and state property.
Region of corruption activity: Kyiv region.
Qualification: suspicion of misappropriation of budget funds and receiving an unlawful benefit (Part 4 of Article 191, Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Status: at large.
The story of the case : according to the investigation, the official organized an illegal scheme of misappropriation of budget funds allocated for the liquidation of the consequences of the collapse of the banks of the Desna River, and receiving illegal benefits from contractors involved in these works.
As the law enforcement officers established, the official demanded a "kickback" from the representative of the contracting organization for concluding a contract and signing acts of completed works for the development of design and estimate documentation for the construction of shore-reinforcing hydrotechnical structures in the coastal protective strip of the Desna River.
The head of the OTG estimated his "share" at 15% of the sum of funds transferred to the contractor.
In the future, the specified official ensured the transfer of state funds for the topographical surveying of the coastal protection strip of the Desna River.
On April 18, 2023, the head of the OTG was detained while receiving more than 110 thousand hryvnias, of which about 50 thousand hryvnias were the so-called "kickback", and another 65 thousand hryvnias - for work that was not actually performed.
The court chose a preventive measure for him with the possibility of making bail in the amount of UAH 214,000, which he did.
"During the meeting, the prosecutor asked Krupenko to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention with the possibility of a bail of 500,000 hryvnias. The court chose detention with a bail of 214,000 hryvnias, which the latter paid."
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: other participants in the corruption scheme are identified.
Assets: in the declaration for 2023, Krupenko declared an apartment and a plot of land, as well as a 2016 Toyota Camry.
In addition, he declared 88,650 dollars in cash, and his wife has 1,965,000 hryvnias in cash. In particular, Krupenko has 699,000 hryvnias in his bank accounts.
Scandals: the media wrote that Vitaly Krupenko, the head of Zazim OTG of Brovary district of Kyiv region, who was arrested for a bribe of 110,000 hryvnias, was helping local businessmen to evade taxes. A local farmer who suffers from problematic neighbors told 368.media about this.
We are talking about the village of Pogreby, which is part of the community. According to the victim's version, one of the businessmen illegally built hangars on his and someone else's land, where he placed a service station and other industrial facilities without registration. This property at 34 Pogrebskyi Shlyach is for rent without payment of money to the budget of the OTG. Vitaly Krupenko knows about it but does nothing.
On the other side, at 26 Pogrebskyi Shlyach, there is the "Raiskii Dvoryk" entertainment complex with rooms, a bathhouse and a restaurant. At the end of the year 21, the restaurant did not have any permits, of all the papers, it had a land deed. The object is registered at the FLP Gubadov Araz Gurban Ogly. In the village they say that the restaurant is "crushed" by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The editors are unable to independently verify this information.
Persons who should have reacted: in the case of Krupenko, the law enforcement officers reacted in time, however, according to the media, he continues to perform the functions of the head of the Zazim TG of Brovar district.
Sources:
In the Kyiv region, the head of the OTG arrested for bribery helps businessmen evade taxes
Unified state register of declarations
Krupenko, the head of Zazim OTG, arrested for bribery, has already returned to work