In Ivano-Frankivsk, a corruption scheme in the field of urban development was exposed, where city council officials together with the head of a municipal enterprise took bribes for issuing permits. The total amount of the unlawful benefit is USD 26 thousand. The three suspects in the case have been detained and served with a notice of suspicion of bribery.<\/p>\n
Officials of the Department of Urban Planning and Architecture, the State Architectural and Construction Control Office, and the director of a specialised utility company organised a mechanism for receiving bribes for permits. They turned the issuance of urban planning conditions, building restrictions and registration of construction work into a paid service for developers and entrepreneurs. About. reports<\/a> Office of the Prosecutor General.<\/p>\n The director of the ME was the main contact with the applicants, voicing the \u00abtaxi\u00bb, persistently convincing them of the need to pay and directly collecting cash. City council officials drafted and signed the necessary decisions, which effectively guaranteed assistance in the subsequent lease of municipal land to private ownership.<\/p>\n The amount of bribes received was recorded at USD 26 thousand. In particular, USD 10,000 was received from a local businesswoman for construction passports for three plots. A representative of a chain of construction supermarkets paid $5,000 for urban planning conditions and restrictions for one plot. Another USD 11,000 was received from a construction company in two tranches for permits and registration of the start of construction.<\/p>\n\r\n Documented facts and amounts of bribes<\/h2>\n