The SBU Main Directorate for Fighting Corruption and Organized Crime uncovered illicit scheme of assigning bonuses to chiefs of the state companies, managed by the State Agency of Ukraine on exclusion zone management.

SBU officers established that the officials of state companies offered the head of the Agency to pay them quarterly bonuses amounting to UAH 500,000 (USD 18,500), half of which will be given back to her. The head of the Agency, on her turn, immediately reported SBU on the illicit proposal and assisted to expose fraudsters.

SBU officers documented the fact when the director of one of the companies handed UAH 210,000 (USD 8,000) to the head of the Agency for paying him UAH 430,000 (USD 16,000) bonuses.

Within the framework of the criminal proceeding under Part 4 Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the director of the state company is served a notice of suspicion of the crime, the issue of choosing a type of detention for him is being decided.

The investigative actions to identify other possible facts of corruption as well as checking the lawfulness of awarding with bonuses the officials of the state companies, managed by the Agency, are ongoing.

The operation was conducted jointly with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau under the supervision of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.