“A bail of 10 million hryvnias was set by the court for the former head of the State Border Service, Lieutenant General Serhii Deinek, who is suspected of involvement in cigarette smuggling.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
A bail of 10 million hryvnias was set by the court for the former head of the State Border Service, Lieutenant General Serhii Deinek, who is suspected of involvement in cigarette smuggling.
Source: VACS press service in a comment to “Ukrainian Pravda”
Details: As informed by UP, the deposit was made on February 2 by another person.
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No bail (2 million hryvnias) was made for the second suspect involved in the case.
Prehistory:
- On January 22, UP sources reported that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office are conducting searches of the ex-head of the State Border Service Serhii Deinek.
- Later, the Anti-corruption authorities announced the disclosure of a scheme of systematic bribery of top officials of the State Border Service of Ukraine. As part of the pre-trial investigation, it was established that in 2023, with the assistance of State Border Service officials, a group of people organized the illegal transportation of cigarettes across the state border of Ukraine to the EU.
- On January 30, the High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Deinek to take a preventive measure – a bail of 10 million.
- A bail of 2 million UAH was applied to the head of the checkpoint department of the State Border Service (Olexandr Marushchak -ed.). According to the UP, the prosecutor asked for 16 million bail for Deinek. Both suspects were also charged with appropriate procedural duties.
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