The Higher Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) sent MP from the group "For the Future" Serhiy Labazyuk to the pre-trial detention center for two months. He can be released on bail of 40 million 260 thousand hryvnias.
This was reported by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) press service.
According to the investigation, the MP, in collusion with the director of the joint-stock company, offered the Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine and the head of the State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine a bribe for the allocation of UAH 1 billion in additional financing of works performed by the specified company controlled by him.
The position of Minister of Community Development is currently held by Oleksandr Kubrakov, and the head of the State Agency for Reconstruction and Development of Infrastructure is Mustafa Nayem.
The proposed amount of the bribe was supposed to be from 3% to 5% of the amount of financing.
After receiving UAH 50 million for a contract for the restoration of a destroyed bridge in one of the regions of Ukraine, the MP, through a proxy, gave the whistleblower-top official of the State Reconstruction Agency the promised interest in the amount of $150 000. The transfer of money took place in the parking lot of one of the capitalʼs supermarkets, and the money was in a Chinese box.
The extras were charged with suspicion under Part 4 of Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides up to 10 years of imprisonment with or without confiscation of property.