SBU officers detained a former BEB employee while receiving part of a bribe from a financial company for influencing BEB detectives who are investigating criminal proceedings against FC (a network of currency exchange offices).
This was reported by a source in the Office of the Prosecutor General, informs “Law and Business”.
According to available information, a former BEB analyst and now an employee of the security department of the Defense Procurement Agency received $100,000 as part of a bribe for solving the issue of not bringing the officials of the FC (a network of currency exchange points) to criminal responsibility.
It is also reported that the director of the Agency’s security department, Oleksandr Bagatikov, led the negotiations with the company’s representatives, who allegedly promised to contribute to the solution of the issue for $700,000, which should have been handed over to the BEB management.
As you know, Artem Sytnyk was appointed deputy head of the Agency a month ago. And, according to experts, it was he who contributed to the appointment of O. Bagatikov to a new position.
As you know, A.Sytnyk was recognized by the court as a corrupt official and entered into the relevant register for committing the offense provided for in part 1 of article 1725 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine “Violation of legal restrictions on receiving gifts”.
In addition, as the media found out, A. Sytnyk may be involved in the collaboration, because during the occupation of Crimea, his family sold a plot of land there (B-65 in the garden society “Mirage” in the Nakhimiv district of Sevastopol). At the same time, A.Sytnyk actually recognized Crimea as Russian, as he concluded the agreement on a Russian notary form, according to Russian laws, and paid taxes to the budget of the aggressor country.
Also, as reported, A. Sytnyk contributed to the evasion of military service by his partner, the head of the “CPC” Vitaly Shabunin. After all, on the basis, in particular, of his appeals, V. Shabunin was allegedly on a business trip to the NAKC. Moreover, the agency later renounced such letters. As a result, the State Bureau of Investigation initiated criminal proceedings against V. Shabunin on the fact of forging documents from the National Agency for National Health Insurance. It is noteworthy that after the appointment of A. Sytnyk to the Agency, V. Shabunin began to speak positively about the activities of this institution. The latter is also listed in the Register of Corrupt Persons.
