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The High Anti-Corruption Court found Member of Parliament Oleksandr Yurchenko guilty of extortion and receiving a bribe in exchange for lobbying legislative changes. The parliamentarian received nine years of imprisonment. This was reported by Transparency International Ukraine.
– The court sentenced Yurchenko to 9 years of imprisonment with disqualification from holding positions in state authorities and local self-government for 3 years and with confiscation of property, the agency said. - Under the article on instigation to give an undue advantage (part 2 of article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) Yurchenko was relieved of punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
Until the verdict takes legal effect, the court left the bail unchanged in the amount of 3 million UAH.
The case against Yurchenko was opened back in 2020 after a NABU special operation. According to the prosecution’s version, Yurchenko covertly asked his assistant to pass 10 thousand dollars of “perks” for himself and another 200 thousand dollars for committee members.
After the scandal, Yurchenko left the Servant of the People faction, but retained his parliamentary mandate.
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