Ukrainian MP charged with embezzling £220,000
Ukrainian authorities are accusing a member of parliament of stealing more than £220,000. They say this MP bought a lot of stuff that they couldn’t afford with their official salary. Though they didn’t name the politician, some news agencies say it’s Andriy Klochko. He’s in President Zelensky’s party. Klochko hasn’t said anything about the accusations yet.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) said the MP got assets worth £507,000 between 2020 and 2021. But their declared income was only £284,000. So, there’s about £223,000 that they can’t explain where it came from, according to the prosecutors.
They found out that the MP bought three plots of land and five flats in Kyiv, as well as two cars: a Tesla and a Mercedes-Benz.
NABU alleged that “to conceal the ownership of these assets, the MP registered most of them with close relatives” while retaining full control over them.
The anti-corruption agency credited Bihus, an investigative journalism publication, for bringing the matter to light in a series of articles published in 2021 and 2022.
NABU stressed that the MP was considered innocent until found guilty in court.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) served a suspicion of illegal enrichment on the deputy of Zelensky's Servant of the People party, Andriy Klochko.
According to investigators, after entering parliament, he purchased real estate for 25 million UAH ($650,000) pic.twitter.com/ujmQZMoIFs
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