The ex-head of the agrarian committee of the Verkhovna Rada, who currently holds the position of minister, was exposed by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine in the seizure of state land worth 291 million hryvnias.
About this informs NABU
“The criminal group led by a top official included officials of the State Geocadastre bodies, as well as persons who controlled the activities of these bodies, the so-called curators. The participants of the scheme ensured the destruction of documents on the basis of which two state-owned enterprises in Sumy Oblast had the right to permanent use of land. Due to their absence, the regional State Geocadastre drew up an act on the arbitrary occupation of these plots“, the message says.
It is noted that in the future, with the help of controlled officials of the regional State Geocadastre, plots were transferred to the ownership of predetermined citizens under the guise of realizing their right to free land.
The NABU noted that the participants of the scheme ensured the destruction of documents on the basis of which two state-owned enterprises in Sumy Oblast had the right to permanent use of land. Due to their absence, the regional State Geocadastre drew up an act on the arbitrary occupation of these plots.
During 2017-2021, a criminal group headed by a top official took possession of 1,250 plots of land (2,493 hectares) in Sumy Oblast with a total value of over UAH 291 million. They also failed to take possession of another 3,282 hectares of land (worth about UAH 190 million) thanks to the intervention of NABU and SAP.
So far, the organizer of the scheme, the current minister, two curators of the State Geocadastre and the person who facilitated the commission of the crime have been informed of the suspicion. Suspicions are being handed over to other participants in the criminal scheme.
