By the fact that it was the Security Service of Ukraine on February 1 who reported suspicion to the former director of the public procurement department of the Ministry of Defense, Bohdan Khmelnitsky, the authorities may try to save him from responsibility, while substituting the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine. After all, in fact, NABU should investigate this case, Vitaly Shabunin, Chairman of the Board of the Anti-Corruption Center NGO, noted in Telegram.

He recalled that Khmelnytsky was recently fired from the Ministry of Defense amid a scandal over corrupt food purchases for the military - it was he who signed the contract, thanks to which they wanted to " On Wednesday, the SBU announced to the ex-official a suspicion of embezzlement of more than 100 million hryvnias on the purchase of low-quality bulletproof vests..

" Moreover, they do it as if they are afraid that in the case they would not come to someone higher than the former deputy minister or the head of the department,"

The activist explained that Khmelnytsky is suspected under part 5 of article 191 of embezzling more than UAH 100 million of public funds. However, according to the law, cases of embezzlement of such large sums of money are under investigation by NABU, and not by the SBU..

Thus, the investigation should have already passed to the detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau..

" At the same time, all law enforcement officers have long known the practice (albeit absurd) of the joint chamber of the QCJ of the Supreme Court, according to which evidence obtained in violation of jurisdiction is recognized by the courts as inadmissible. That is, such cases simply fall apart in court,"

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According to Shabunin, there is a significant risk that now even the transfer of the case to NABU will not save the situation.. The court may not take into account the collected evidence due to violation of jurisdiction.

" The same goes for today's tax case..

Only here, instead of the SBU, the DBR is being promoted,"

He explained that these cases should have been immediately handed over to NABU and SAPO, so that sentences would be passed on them later.. Shabunin promised that the "

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