The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court has ordered the chairman of the Ternopil regional council and the deputy head of the regional military administration to be held in custody with the alternative of paying more than 805 thousand UAH as bail, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office reported in its telegraph channel.
Officials were exposed on demanding and receiving an improper benefit from a volunteer businessman.
The term of the preventive measure – until August 26, 2023.
“The issue regarding the appeal of the preventive measure in terms of the amount of bail will be decided after reading the full text of the court’s decision,” the report said.
As reported, on Monday, June 26, the anti-corruption bodies of Ukraine detained the chairman of the Ternopil regional council and two deputy heads of the Ternopil military-civil administration for extorting funds from a volunteer businessman. According to the NABU, the detainees demanded almost 1.8 million UAH from the owner of the company for signing certificates of work performed on the construction and repair of infrastructure facilities by the Ternopil regional council’s utility company.
The chairman of Ternopil regional council and two deputies of the head of Ternopil military-civil administration were detained on the spot after the third installment in the amount of over 600 thousand UAH had been transferred.
The All-Ukrainian Union “Svoboda” expressed hope for an unbiased investigation against the chairman of the Ternopil regional council, a member of VO Mikhail Golovko.
