The actions of the citizen’s representative qualify under the article on abuse of influence, anti-corruptionists said.
Law enforcement officials have already completed the investigation into the case of People’s Deputy Sergei Kuzminykh. He is suspected of taking a bribe of UAH 558 thousand, according to the website of the National Bureau of Investigation on Monday, July 18.
It was learned that on July 15 SAPO and NABU provided the materials in the defense case before they were sent to court. The actions of the people’s representative are qualified under the article on abuse of influence (part 2 of article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, in the autumn of 2021, a tender was held for the purchase of medical equipment for hospitals in the Zhytomyr region. A representative of a private company indicated that he could win the tender with the help of a town representative.
The first thing is the hospital No. 2 named. Pavlusenka in Zhytomyr, where purchased medical equipment in total UAH 40 million.
The People’s Deputy said his “services” cost about 30% of the value of completed contracts. Therefore, Kuzminykh requested, according to law enforcement officials, to transfer to him 558 thousand hryvnias for assistance in one of the tenders.
While the investigation was established, the people’s representative planned to apply such a procedure for calculating the amount of unlawful benefits in connection with other future contracts, in particular, for the supply of MRI. (30% of UAH 37.499 million – UAH 11.25 million) and a laparoscopic kit for surgical procedures (30% from UAH 1.19 million – UAH 398.33 thousand).
Recall, on January 28, Sergei Kuzminykh was detained “hot”. He received funds for the facilitation of contracts between private companies and a hospital in the Zhytomyr region.
On February 2, Kuzminykh wrote a statement about leaving the Servant of the People team for the duration of the investigation.
After that, for various reasons, the people’s representative began to avoid the meeting of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court. However, a measure of restraint was chosen for him four months after exposure – at the end of May. The Kuzmins are forbidden to travel abroad, as well as visit one of the hospitals in Zhytomyr. Tazhka he had to pay 50 thousand hryvnia bail.
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Source: korrespondent
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