The SBU reported a new suspicion to the head of the Buchansky TCC, exposed in the schemes for the evaders.
The Security Service has uncovered new evidence of the corrupt activities of the head of the Buchansky RTC and SP. In August of this year, with the assistance of the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the Command of the Ground Forces, he was detained on suspicion of organizing evasion schemes.
The case file does not mention the ambassador’s name, but in August the media wrote about Leonid Vykochka. According to the SBU reports, he and two accomplices offered conscripts to avoid conscription based on fictitious conclusions from the VLK about “poor health.”
During searches of the apartments and cars of the defendants, more than 1.2 million US dollars were discovered.
Almost half of this amount was found in specially equipped hiding places under the floor and behind the wall paneling in the house of an official of the Buchansky TCC.
After the defendant was detained, the court decided to release him on bail of 1 million UAH.
However, immediately after the appropriate amount of bail was posted, the Security Service investigators informed the official of a new suspicion, which prevented him from being released.
This time, according to the materials of the military counterintelligence of the SBU, the criminal actions of the perpetrator were qualified under Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal enrichment).
Currently, he has been remanded in custody with the right to post bail in the amount of UAH 18 million.
The investigation is ongoing. The perpetrator faces up to 10 years in prison.
Earlier, Security Service investigators informed the detainee and his two accomplices of suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
- Part 1 of Article 114-1 (obstruction of the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations);
- Part 3 of Article 369 (unlawful benefit provided to an official holding a responsible position, committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons).
In total, more than 30 searches were conducted within the framework of the criminal proceedings, as a result of which, in addition to cash, unregistered weapons, ammunition, and fictitious TCC and VLK documents for dozens of draft dodgers were found in the possession of the defendants.
Comprehensive measures were carried out under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Source: Racurs
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