Bribe of $400,000: Former Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Vasyl Lozynsky was sent under house arrest

Author:
Anhelina Sheremet
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The higher anti-corruption court sent Vasyl Lozynskyi, former Deputy Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure, under 24-hour house arrest in the case of receiving a $400,000 bribe.

The businessman Serhiy Kryvyi, who is suspected of paying a bribe, has already been arrested.

On January 21, it became known that Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Vasyl Lozynsky was detained. According to the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutorʼs Office, he received a bribe of $400,000. Journalists noted that the official should have received a kickback in the amount of $400,000 for the purchase of generators. The total amount of the tender was 1.8 billion hryvnias.

  • On January 22, the Minister of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov announced that the Cabinet of Ministers dismissed Vasyl Lozynskyi from his post.