The current MP became the organizer of a corruption scheme for the purchase of cables for Ukrzaliznytsya.. Currently, he, as well as other participants, have been informed of suspicion. Among other things, the people's deputy faces from 7 to 12 years in prison. We are probably talking about non-factional deputy, member of the Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, co-chairman of the parliamentary group “For the Future” Viktor Bondar.

This was reported by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). It is noted: the scheme brought losses to Ukrzaliznytsia for more than UAH 140 million. At the same time, law enforcement officers do not name the people’s deputy.. However, according to journalist Oleg Novikov and some media outlets, Bondar is the suspect.

" Together with him, another co-organizer, according to the investigation, is capital businessman Vladimir Kotlyar. Also suspected in this case is the former first deputy head of the Production Support Center branch of UZ Alexey Onisimyuk (he is a suspect/accused in two other cases). A total of 8 suspects,” Novikov said..

“It was established that the people’s deputy, using his influence, created obstacles in the activities of the entrepreneur in order to involve him in the implementation of the illegal scheme. Subsequently, having secured support, the people’s deputy, together with an entrepreneur, developed a criminal scheme to seize funds from Ukrzaliznytsia JSC when supplying products at inflated prices,” the NABU statement says..

It is emphasized:

to implement the scheme, the accomplices entered into a conspiracy with members of another organized group. It included:.

“Using various schemes to increase the cost of products, the attackers sold them to Ukrzaliznytsia at prices significantly higher than market prices, which caused Ukrzaliznytsia losses in the amount of more than UAH 140 million. The suspected people’s deputy used his status and connections to resolve issues, and also received shadow dividends from the implementation of the criminal scheme,” law enforcement officers said.