On August 14, Deputy Minister for occupied territories Yuri Hrymchak was detained for demanding USD 1.1 million bribes.
This was stated by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko.
“PGO, SBU and NABU investigators detained my former assistant and deputy Yuriy Hrymchak for fraudulent possession of more than USD 1 million,” Lutsenko said.
“The investigative (search) actions indicate that he and his assistant demanded money for influencing the decisions of the courts and officials of the Ministry of Culture for making custom-made decisions,” the Prosecutor General added.
At the same time, according to journalist Yuriy Butusov, Hrymchak was detained while receiving a USD 480,000 bribe.
“The deputy minister for occupied territories, Yuriy Hrymchak, was detained while receiving a USD 480,000 bribe. This was the first part, in total Hrymchak demanded USD 1.1 million from a representative of a legal entity,” Butusov said, adding that the arrest was authorized by Lutsenko.
“According to the case materials, Hrymchak used his ties with the leadership of another ministry – the Office for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and Nature Reserves of the Ministry of Culture. This department, headed by Oleksandr Epifanov, has long been known for trading building permits in historically valuable places, primarily in Kyiv. Without such a permission, construction is illegal. It is about one signature, but expensive one. Hrymchak acted as a mediator in resolving the corruption issue,” the journalist noted.
The deputy minister was detained by the SBU, detectives of the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine NABU, together with representatives of the Special Investigations Directorate of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
“This is not the last suspicion to be brought up in this case,” Butusov concluded.
The Prosecutor General’s Office searched the Hrymchak’s house. This was reported by his wife Julia in social network.
Hrymchak was detained near one of the supermarkets on Podil in Kyiv, and his colleague, Ihor Ovdienko, was detained on Victory Avenue near the Nyvky metro station: law enforcers found USD 480,000 in his car.
To Channel 24, Hrymchak is interrogated at the PGO. In his ministry office were found all the evidence of the conducted crime.
The Ministry for occupied territories said that the detention of Hrymchak does not concern the activities of the ministry and is not related to the performance of his duties as deputy minister.
Deputy Minister for the temporarily occupied territories George Tuka added that Ovdienko, who is called as Hrymchak’s assistant, is not an employee of the Ministry for temporarily occupied territories.
As The Journalist reported, it is new government to approve dismissal of Klitschko.
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