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The High Anti-Corruption Court found Member of Parliament Oleksandr Yurchenko guilty of extorting a bribe. It has become known what punishment was chosen for him.
According to hromadske, the High Anti-Corruption Court sentenced Yurchenko to 9 years in prison and stripped him of the right to hold certain offices for three years, with confiscation of property.
What is known about Yurchenko’s case?
Yurchenko was also found guilty of abusing his influence and was given an additional 4 years of imprisonment for that. At the same time, he was exempted from punishment under that article due to expiration of the statute of limitations.
Recall that as early as 2020, NABU exposed an aide of Yurchenko for receiving a large bribe.
Law enforcement said the deputy himself could also be involved in that scheme.
According to the investigation, Yurchenko demanded 13 thousand dollars for introducing certain amendments to a draft law. Another 200 thousand dollars, the investigation says, he planned to obtain for further bribing members of the parliamentary committee.
Initially, then-Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova refused to sign the suspicion notice against Yurchenko, saying there were insufficient grounds. She later signed the document.
After the charges emerged, Yurchenko announced he was leaving the Servant of the People faction. The case was also commented on at the time by Volodymyr Zelensky.
The president emphasized that officials and deputies must be held accountable for corruption crimes and receive punishment for taking bribes.
"I am glad they detained a person who in the Servant of the People party always said that she is an honest and decent person. Today the Prosecutor General issued a suspicion, he received it and will definitely go to prison," Zelensky said.
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