Suspects of public land embezzlement are taken into custody

On Friday, May 27, a preventive measure on a motion of the detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau agreed with the prosecutors of the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor`s Office was chosen for three participants of the corruption scheme of 50 million UAH public land embezzlement in Kyiv region.

They were taken into custody on Wednesday, May 25, as a result of investigation in Brovary city.

The preventive measure for the suspects were chosen in a form of detention with the possibility of 4 million UAH bail for the former head of Brovarsky Region State Service of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre, and 3 million UAH bail for each of the two - the director of land management organization and the head of the local horticultural society.

The investigation is in progress.

It should be reminded that on Wednesday, May 25, the NABU detectives in cooperation with prosecutors of the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor`s Office (SAPO) and officers of the National Police Economic Defense Department took into custody three participants of the corruption scheme of 50 million UAH public land embezzlement in Brovary city (Kyiv region). They are suspected of embezzlement of more than 20 hectares of public land located in investment-attractive parts of Kyiv region (Part 2 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The market value of these tracts of land exceeds 50 million UAH.