The prosecutors of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office completed the pre-trial investigation and sent the indictment to the court against the deputy head of one of the institutes of the Lviv State University of Life Safety.
He is accused of obtaining an illegal benefit for himself for influencing the decision-making by a person authorized to perform the functions of the state or local self-government, combined with the demand for such a benefit (Part 3 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The investigation established that the colonel of the civil defense service demanded an undue benefit from the representative of the business entity for assistance in issuing fire safety permit documentation.
For 30,000 hryvnias, he promised to influence the employees of the State Emergency Service to agree to the issuance of such documentation.
In case of refusal to give him a bribe, the employee assured that a negative conclusion would be issued, which actually made it impossible to carry out business activities in these premises.
It is documented that the receipt of the unlawful benefit took place in two tranches. He received the first part in the amount of UAH 15,000 personally, and he sent a cadet for the second part. The employee instructed the latter to go to the checkpoint of the university and collect money for him.
The pupil of the educational institution was not aware of the criminal activity of the person involved, and did not know that he was taking a bribe for him.
The pre-trial investigation was carried out by the investigators of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Lviv region, operational support was provided by the Ukrainian SSR in the Lviv region of the DSR of the National People’s Republic of Ukraine.
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.
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