“The Supreme Anti -Corruption Court found the People’s Deputy Anatoly Hunko to extort and receive a bribe in the amount of $ 85,000 and sued him in the form of 7 years of imprisonment with confiscation of all property and deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: NGO “Center for Combating Corruption”
Details: The case has been in court since February 2024. During this time, more than 30 court sessions were awarded, during which evidence was investigated, witnesses and accused were interrogated, the parties’ speeches in the debate and the last word of Hunko were heard.
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Hunko recognized a bribe during the interrogation. But the defense insisted on provocations through which the accused and committed such misconduct.
The prosecutor has requested the 8 years of confiscation of property for 8 years and the obligation to wear an electronic bracelet to the entry into force of the sentence. And in the last word, Gunko asked him to justify him.
It is reported that before the entry of a sentence of Gunko will be obliged to wear an electronic bracelet
Judge Tatiana Kryklya, Olga Salandyak and Vitaliy Dubas were adopted.
The sentence may be appealed to the WACS Appeal Chamber within 30 days.
Prehistory:
- On August 8, 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine and NABU reported that they exposed the People’s Deputy from the “servant of the people” Anatoly Hunko to receive a bribe for the allocation of land.
- Later, the National Anti -Corruption Bureau of Ukraine released a video with negotiations about a bribe with the participation of Hunko.
- According to the prosecution, the People’s Deputy in conspiracy with his assistant Igor Kalinichenko and another accomplice demanded and received from the representative of the agricultural firm “Agroform-2019” part of the undue benefit.
- The bribe was demanded in exchange for permission to cultivate state lands. At the same time, $ 130 had to be paid for each hectare of state land. In total, it was 221 thousand dollars, of which it was necessary to transfer a deposit of 85 thousand.
- As for the accused Kalinichenko, the proceedings were stopped in November 2024 in connection with his mobilization.