The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) states that the Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan disseminates untrue information regarding the substance of the suspicions of committing crimes.
"The information disseminated by the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine regarding the content of the suspicions he has informed of illegal enrichment and the declaration of inaccurate information is untrue and misleading the society," the statement released on Thursday night by the press service of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
The Bureau recalled that earlier on Thursday, September 13, detectives of NABU and SAP prosecutors had informed the minister of suspicion of committing criminal offenses,. 3 items. 368-2 and art.. 366-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
"Article 368-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provides for criminal liability for illegal enrichment, entered into force only on April 26, 2015. Therefore, the Minister is charged exclusively with those actions that were committed in the period from April 2015 to the present, "the National Anti-Corruption Bureau.
At the same time, the information says, the investigation analyzed the incomes and expenses of the minister for the period from 2000 to April 26, 2015: "According to the results it is established that the official did not have incomes for this date, the legality of which is confirmed by evidence, and which, with taking into account the realized expenses, would allow him to save money for further acquisition of assets in a significant amount ".
The NABU emphasizes that despite this fact, in May 2015, the minister acquired a new car "BMW X5" worth 1mln 415tys. UAH, having registered the ownership of the vehicle on your brother.
"The investigation has evidence that this SUV was in the actual possession of the official, his use and disposal. At the same time, this fact was not found in the Minister's electronic declaration for 2015 and 2016. As well as the right to use the house in a suburb of Kiev with an area of ??about 270 m2 and a cost of almost 6 million UAH, in which he resided from the beginning of December 2016 (the information should be indicated in the declaration for 2016, but this did not happen), " the Bureau said in a statement.
In NABU add that there are also no legitimate sources of the minister's savings in the amount of $ 90 thousand. and EUR25 thousand. - information on these funds is indicated in the declaration of 2015 as those that are in its ownership as of December 31, 2015.
"The investigation established that the minister took measures aimed at concealing the convicted violations by unlawfully influencing the results of the verification carried out against him by the National Anti-Corruption Agency," the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine.
As it was reported earlier, on Thursday, September 13, the press service of NABU informed that the Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan was notified of suspicion of committing criminal offenses provided for. 3 items. 368-2 and art.. 366-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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