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The driver of MP Labazuk received a fine 3400 hryvnias for refusing to testify in the Naimyam bribery case.
The Solomyansky district court of Kyiv found Bogdan Shudra, personal driver of Member of Parliament Serhiy Labazuk, guilty of refusing to give testimony in the parliamentarian’s case. The court imposed a fine of 3400 UAH.
According to the case materials, Shudra refused to answer questions from the prosecutor, despite warnings about criminal liability for refusals to testify. The conviction has not yet entered into force and may be appealed.
The case concerns events 2023 year when NABU and SAP exposed Serhiy Labazuk and his assistant in an attempt to hand over 150 pressure dollars to the then head of the State Agency for Restoration and Development of Infrastructure Mustapha Najem.
According to the investigation, the MP sought to secure contracts for his companies for infrastructure restoration totaling 1 billion hryvnias.
The Specialized Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office is currently assessing whether the imposed Shudra fine corresponds to the severity of the violation.
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