On Monday, February 19, the chairman of the village council of one of the districts of the region was detained. As reported by the press service of the SBU, a rural head and one of his assistants demanded $ 20,000 from a local entrepreneur.

It was in this amount that they estimated the legalization of property rights for ten plots of land on the territory of the village council, on which the businessman had already started a business.

Officials were detained on receipt of the entire amount of bribes at the exit from the regional center.

Law enforcers opened on this fact a criminal case under the article Extortion and receipt of improper benefit by an official holding a responsible position of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

At this time, other possible facts are being established that are illegal? activities of detainees.

At the same time, according to a source in law enforcement agencies, it is a question of the chairman of one of the village councils of Belyaevsky district of the Odessa region.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in Kharkov drunken driver driving a Volkswagen Bora made an accident. After the collision, the man tried to bribe the policeman with Russian rubles.