Kyiv's senior tax official nabbed for corruption

That’s according to the SBU press office, Ukrinform reports.

According to the case file, the official is believed to be involved in extorting illegal benefits from Kyiv-based businesses.

"The individual in question received bribes from the director of a Kyiv-based company engaged in the wholesale trade of solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels. In exchange for a monetary reward, the official promised the entrepreneur licenses for fuel sales,” the report says, adding that the suspect engaged an acquaintance as an intermediary to receive bribes.

The SBU documented the official receiving the first part of the illegal benefit before detaining him alongside an intermediary upon the transfer of the second such tranche.

Both detainees were charged with bribery.

Further investigation is underway to expose all those complicit in the criminal scheme.

Perpetrators face up to 10 years in prison along with property seizure.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, the SBU jointly with the National Anti-corruption Bureau exposed a high-ranking official of PJSC NEC Ukrenergo for a corruption-related crime.

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