The Security Service of Ukraine and the State Bureau of Investigations, with the assistance of the Head of the State Tax Service, exposed criminal activity of the Head of the Excise Control Department of the Main Office of the State Tax Service in Sumy oblast.

According to the investigation, the official extorted illegal benefits from entrepreneurs.

It was documented how he received a bribe from the director of a company engaged in the wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels.

For the monetary ‘reward’, the department head promised to provide the entrepreneur with licenses to sell fuel.

The official used his friend as an intermediary to communicate with the company’s director and receive the bribe.

The SSU documented how the main suspect received the bribe and detained him and the intermediary after the act of obtaining the illegal benefit.

A notice of suspicion is being prepared for both individuals under Article 368.3 of the CCU (acceptance of an offer, promise or receipt of an unlawful benefit by an official).

The court is to decide on a measure of restraint.

The investigation is underway to identify and bring to justice all those involved in the scheme.

The suspects face up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.

The operation was carried out under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of a crime and may not be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in line with the procedure defined by law and established by the court’s verdict.



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