Position: head of the Dymer united territorial community from the Kyiv region.
Sphere of corrupt activity: local self-government.
Region of corruption activity : Kyiv region.
Qualification: part 2 of Article 190 1. taking possession of someone else's property or acquiring the right to property by deception or abuse of trust (fraud) by a group of persons in a prior conspiracy is punishable by a fine of three thousand to four thousand non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens or corrective labor for a period of one to two years, or restriction of freedom for a term of up to five years, or deprivation of liberty for a term of up to three years.
Status: At large, works as the head of the Dymer united territorial community. He was in a pre-trial detention center for a short time. The case has not been brought to court.
Story of the case: According to the investigation, the head of the Dymer Territorial Community, Volodymyr Pidkurganny, together with a deputy of the district council and an intermediary, tried to seize the businessman's money. They assured the man that they could help solve the issue of allocating a 1.5-hectare plot of land for personal farming.
The suspects valued their "services" at UAH 2.6 million. They wanted to receive this amount in parts — 280,000 UAH, 800,000 and 1.6 million UAH. They were detained on May 7, 2021, when the intermediary received the second part of the funds.
In the future, they allegedly planned to change its purpose to land for industrial production for entrepreneurial activities. Although they did not really intend to do this, the law enforcement officers emphasize.
On May 1, 2021, the "Servant of the People" party announced that Volodymyr Pidkurganny, the head of the Dymer OTG, who was elected from "Servants of the People", should resign pending the investigation, but this did not happen. Volodymyr Pidkurganny continued and continues to perform the duties of the head of the Dymer OTG.
Persons potentially involved in Volodymyr Pidkurganny's schemes:
- Kostiantyn Kozhanov, deputy of the Vyshgorod District Council, who is an accomplice in the case.
Scandals :
From August 2010 to October 2018, he served as a judge of the Vyshgorod District Court of the Kyiv Region. During the Maidan, judge Pidkurganny deprived the drivers' licenses of the participants of the car race to Mezhyhirya. In 2018, Volodymyr Pidkurganny was dismissed from his position as a judge for committing a significant disciplinary offense, that is, we are talking about the decision regarding Maidan activists.
Persons who should have responded to Volodymyr Pidkurganny's corruption schemes:
NABU — Volodymyr Pidkurganny should have been paid attention to by the acting head of NABU Semyon Krivonos;
SAP — the acting head of SAP, Oleksandr Klymenko, was also supposed to react to this story.
Fortune:
He has neither an apartment nor a house, officially he only has two plots of land in Buch. Since 2022, he has the right to use a Lexus GX car and received a salary of UAH 1 million as the head of the Dymersk United Territorial Community. Owns 60 thousand dollars.
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