Prosecutors of the Office of the Prosecutor General have notified a member of the Ukrainian Parliament of suspicion under Part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - fraud.

According to the investigation, in 2021, the elected official, through connections with the political leadership of the Republic of Belarus, organized the conclusion of a supply contract for mineral fertilizers between certain business entities.

That same year, acting in collusion with currently unidentified individuals, he provided the fertilizer supply companies with knowingly false information that the Belarusian railway was not agreeing to transport the cargo due to the non-compliance of the tank cars.

The deputy promised to assist in resolving this issue and obtaining approval from the Belarusian side. For this, the suspect demanded that the company enter into a legal assistance agreement with a specific individual - a private entrepreneur who was his son.

Thus, from December 2021 to February 2022, the legal company transferred 14.5 million UAH to the account of this private entrepreneur for allegedly provided legal services, which were, in fact, not provided.

In this way, the member of the Ukrainian Parliament unlawfully acquired funds in particularly large amounts through deception.

As part of the investigation of the criminal proceedings, the involvement of the former Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine in the mentioned crime is being verified.

The pre-trial investigation of the criminal proceedings is being conducted by the Main Investigative Department of the State Bureau of Investigation, with operational support from the Security Service of Ukraine.

Note: according to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a guilty verdict of the court.