Detectives of the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) on October 30 exposed and caught the CEO of one of the state-run enterprises in Kharkiv region red-handed while giving a bribe to a senior detective.
The perpetrator offered USD 100,000 for shutting down an investigation.
"An unlawful benefit [bribe] was proposed for closing criminal proceedings related to the unlawful alienation of significant volumes of unaccounted property of a state-owned enterprise in the form of wood and timber sales at dumped prices in favor of affiliated private business entities," the NABU's press service said on October 31.
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The perpetrator was detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Investigation is under way.
Preliminary legal assessment is based on Part 3 of Article 369 (giving a bribe) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
As UNIAN reported earlier, law enforcers had found US$500,000 on premises of an official from the State Property Fund caught red-handed in a bribery case in Kharkiv.
