In Poltava region, the State Bureau of Investigation served two officials with a notice of suspicion: the deputy director of the Institute of Land Use of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine and the head of a local community in Poltava region. By prior conspiracy, they illegally transferred 25 hectares of state forestry land for the development of a sand quarry.
This was reported by the State Bureau of Investigation.
The scheme was as follows:
- The head of the community asks his accomplice – the deputy director of the Institute of Land Use – to develop such technical documentation that would allow changing the purpose of the forest fund lands.
- After receiving a ready-made package of documents, the official approves it at the session, using his own influence on the deputies.
- Later, the land was transferred to private ownership by 15 fictitious persons.
- They, in turn, sell it to "the right people".
The court has already seized the illegally alienated lands. Currently, the issue of their return to state ownership is being resolved.
Two businessmen-officials were informed of the suspicion of abuse of official position, which caused serious consequences (Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). They can receive punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of up to 6 years.
The other day, EcoPolitic reported that NABU and SAP conducted a search of the prosecutor of the Specialized Environmental Prosecutor's Office.
In March, we told how in Lviv Oblast they revealed the scheme of a deputy of the village council to appropriate land and property of the forest farm.
