The Specialist Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) of Ukraine said that the mayor of Odessa, Gennady Trukhanov, was detained after the city council embezzled budget funds during the purchase of the building of the Krayan factory. It has been reported TASS.
According to the prosecutor’s office, the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (VAKS) issued a preventive measure in the form of detention for two months with the alternative of bail in the amount of 13.6 million hryvnia (approximately $372 thousand) to Trukhanov.
The publication states that the court partially accepted the prosecution’s petition because the suspect in the case did not pay the pre-assigned bail.
9 December Ukraine National Anti-Corruption Bureau declaration on the indictment of three deputies of Trukhanov, who were suspected of involvement in corruption schemes. The names of the suspects were not released. On December 5, searches were made in the legal and financial departments of the Odessa City Council and the mayor’s office.
In addition, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine conducted searches in the administration building of the city of Odessa.
According to the interlocutor “Strana.ua”, searches are carried out in the office of the mayor of Odessa in connection with the case “purchase in 2021”.