On October 9, law enforcement officers detained the head of the Khotinsky National Nature Park in the Chernivtsi region while accepting a bribe from a businessman.
This was reported by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI).
$65 thousand the head of the nature reserve wanted to receive a long-term lease of land plots on the territory of the national park for his signature. The businessman intended to build a recreation center on them. But he did not want the documents to be drawn up in this way, so he turned to the law enforcement officers.
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After handing over the bribe and signing the lease agreement, SBI employees detained the head of the national park and informed him of suspicion under Part 4 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – receipt of unlawful benefits by an official, coupled with extortion, on a particularly large scale.
Photo: dbr.gov.ua.
The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of 8 to 12 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to 3 years, with confiscation of property.
The court has already chosen a preventive measure for the attacker in the form of detention with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of 2 million UAH.
Earlier, EcoPolitics talked about large-scale shadow timber sales schemes , which, according to former employees, operate in Ukrainian national parks.
