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⚖️ MP Oleksandr Yurchenko was given 9 years of imprisonment
The deputy was convicted under the article on accepting an offer, promise, or receipt of an illicit advantage by an official (Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). He was found guilty of abusing influence (Arts. 369–2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) — for which he was sentenced to an additional 4 years of imprisonment. 🚫 But under that article he was exempted from liability due to the statute of limitations having expired
Yurchenko was deprived of the right to hold positions associated with the exercise of state or local government functions for 3 years, with confiscation of property.
In 2020 NABU uncovered a major bribe involving Yurchenko’s assistant. The deputy himself was considered involved in the criminal scheme.
According to law enforcement, he requested 13 thousand dollars in bribes for proposing amendments to a draft law, and in the future — another 200 thousand dollars to bribe members of parliament on the committee. Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova initially refused to sign a suspicion notice for the deputy, claiming there were “insufficient grounds” to do so, but she ultimately did sign it.
In connection with the charges, Yurchenko submitted a letter of resignation from the presidential faction Servant of the People.
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