The official was caught on a bribe of 160 thousand hryvnia. Now the issue of electing a preventive measure to the state inspector is being decided.

As the press service of the National Police informs, the money the official demanded for not reflecting in the act of checking the violations found to the total amount of 600 thousand hryvnia. As a "compensation", he asked the director of the utility to provide him with UAH 160,000.

The defendant was detained while receiving the amount he had determined.

For receiving a bribe, he faces a sentence of imprisonment for up to seven years, with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years, with confiscation of property.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in Sumy on Monday, January 22, employees of the Security Service of Ukraine detained the head of the department of the State Environmental Inspection. Official caught on a bribe. According to the SBU press service, the head of a ministry department, is also a member of the Sumy Regional Council. He demanded from his subordinate a monthly "tribute" in the amount of two thousand hryvnia.