Corruption: Former Head of Krasnoperekopsk and His Deputy Charged with Corruption
CrimeaPRESS reports:
The former head of Krasnoperekopsk and his first deputy have been charged with receiving a bribe and acting as an intermediary in bribery on an especially large scale, respectively. Confrontations and interrogations have been conducted, and a car registered to the head’s relative has been seized.— the message says.
It was established that in 2020, contracts for the improvement of the city were concluded between the administration and the company for the amount of over 89 million rubles. The current head instructed his deputy to instruct the director of the company to transfer more than 1.5 million rubles for patronage. With these funds, a Mercedes car was purchased for the official.
The regional FSB press service reported that a criminal case was opened against the head of the administration under Part 6 of Article 290 of the Russian Criminal Code. The article provides for a maximum penalty of up to 15 years’ imprisonment and a fine of seventy times the amount of the bribe.
A criminal case has been opened against the First Deputy Head of Krasnoperekopsk under Part 4 of Article 291.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia (mediation in bribery on an especially large scale). The article provides for a maximum penalty of imprisonment for up to 12 years and a fine in the amount of seventy times the amount of the bribe.
On July 24, 2024, the head of the Republic of Crimea, Sergey Aksenov, addressed the deputies of the Krasnoperekopsk City Council with a demand to dismiss the head of the city administration, Vladimir Khomin, due to a loss of trust. Later, Khomin, who headed the administration since 2019, was dismissed.
source: TASS
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