The head of one of political parties and the head of its territorial branch decided to in advance ‘prepare’ for the next parliamentary elections and sell the supposedly ‘safe’ slot on their list.

They evaluated their services at USD 2.5 million.

To do this, they developed a special route up the political ladder: joining the party, position of a head of a district cell first. Later, after a ‘reward’, they planned to appoint the person as an advisor to the head of Kyivvodokanal PJSC for a successful start of political career.

The funds were to be transferred to the corrupt officials according to a schedule drawn up by the party head. The amount of the first tranche was USD 50,000.

The law enforcement detained the suspects ‘red-handed’  during the hand-over of the first amount.

Currently, the investigators will notify the detainees of suspicion of crimes under the 2 articles of CCU:

• 369-2.3 (bribery);
• 190.4 (large-scale fraud committed by an organized group).

The operation was carried out by the SSU Office in Kyiv and Kyiv region together with investigators of the National Police and under the procedural supervision of Pechersk District Prosecutor’s Office of Kyiv.