The SBU eliminated a corruption scheme in the Western Interregional Department of the Ministry of Justice
The Security Service of Ukraine, with the assistance of the leadership of the Ministry of Justice, exposed and eliminated corruption scheme in the Western interregional department of the Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for the state legal policy in 7 regions in the west of Ukraine.
The essence of the scheme
Management officials systematically received bribes for illegally closing executive proceedings against citizens who have debt obligations. The organizer of the scheme was the former head of the interregional structure of the Ministry of Justice, who involved several of his subordinates in illegal activities.
How the scheme worked
Officials offered the debtors to close the enforcement proceedings without paying the payments determined by the court for an illegal benefit. An intermediary – a resident of Ivano-Frankivsk – was used to transfer the funds. The monetary reward was distributed among the participants of the scheme, and the executive proceedings were closed with the wording “in connection with the full repayment of the debt.”
During the searches, large sums of cash, materials of executive proceedings and mobile phones with evidence of illegal activities were found in the possession of the perpetrators. The former head of the Ministry of Justice and the mediator were informed of the suspicion. All those involved in the scheme were dismissed from their positions. An investigation is ongoing to bring all those involved to justice.
Employees of the SBU in Ivano-Frankivsk region under the procedural guidance of the Lviv regional prosecutor’s office.
