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Deputy Mayor Nikolaev detained at the border with Hungary

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The official was detained at the Luzhanka-Beregshuran international checkpoint

The deputy head of Nikolaev tried to leave the territory of Ukraine, the investigation suggests.

Employees of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) exposed a corruption scheme, as a result of which the community of the city of Nikolaev was damaged in more than 26.8 million hryvnias. This is reported on the site office on Tuesday 10 August.

It is indicated that we are talking about the seizure of budgetary funds when performing work on the reconstruction of Cathedral Square in Nikolaev.

As of today, the investigation considers eight people to be the participants of the scheme: the deputy mayor of Nikolaev, the first deputy director of one of the departments of the Nikolaev city council; directors of six private companies, one of which is a current deputy of the Odessa City Council.

Officials of the Nikolaev City Council and two heads of private companies were detained. The question of informing them about the suspicion is being resolved. The rest of the persons were informed about the suspicion.

All eight participants in the scheme are charged with committing a crime under the article on misappropriation, embezzlement of property or taking possession of it by abuse of official position on an especially large scale (part 5 of article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

“The investigation suggests that the deputy head of Nikolaev tried to leave the territory of Ukraine: he was detained at the Luzhanka-Beregshuran international checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border,” the message says.

Mayor Nikolaev was also summoned to NABU to conduct investigative (search) actions.

The NABU said that in 2019 the department of the Nikolaev City Council announced a tender for the reconstruction of Cathedral Square in Nikolaev. As established by the investigation, the deputy of the Nikolaev head and the first deputy of one of the departments of the city council, abusing their official position, by prior conspiracy with six persons ensured the victory in the tender of one predetermined LLC, which performed the work.

As the examination showed, the work was carried out at inflated prices, as a result of which damage was caused to the city community.

The pre-trial investigation continues. Other circumstances of the crime are established.

Earlier on Tuesday, it became known that NABU is conducting search at the Deputy Mayor of Nikolaev Sergey Korenev… This is his second search in the past six months. The mayor’s office said that the official is officially on leave for the second day.

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