Under the procedural guidance of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, a citizen of Ukraine was detained and notified of suspicion for extorting and receiving illegal benefits (Part 5 of Article 27, Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)
According to the investigation, the head of one of the district departments of the State Executive Service of the Western Interregional Department of the Ministry of Justice organized an illegal scheme to extort and receive illegal benefits from people for influencing decision-making by police officials.
Thus, the official demanded and received from a former employee of the executive service an illegal benefit in the amount of 4,000 US dollars for influencing the decision-making by officials of the inquiry sector of one of the district police departments of the GU NP in the Lviv region regarding the non-prosecution of the latter for the fact of official falsification of official documents .
The suspect was detained in accordance with Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine during the transfer of the entire amount of unlawful benefit.
In criminal proceedings, urgent investigative (search) actions aimed at identifying officials who may be involved in the commission of a criminal offense are carried out.
Investigations of the Territorial Department of the State Criminal Investigation Department, located in Lviv, carried out the denunciation measures under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors.
Note: in accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt is proven in a legal manner and established by a court verdict.
Department of Information Policy of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office