At the end of July, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office announced the suspicion of ex-deputy Nikolai Martynenko. The investigation is completed, soon the court should decide on the punishment.
During the announcement of the suspicion, Martynenko was charged with a bribe in the amount of 311 thousand euros, and money laundering. The pre-trial investigation in less than 2 months proved the guilt of the ex-people's deputy.
What is known about Martynenko
Martynenko is a former deputy, he worked in the Verkhovna Rada from the 3rd to the 8th convocation. In the latter, they were convened as a member of the party and the Popular Front faction. He is also the ex-chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on the Fuel and Energy Complex, Nuclear Policy and Security
SAP prosecutors and NABU detectives on July 28 announced suspicion of the former people's choice.
Important! This is not Nikolai Martynenko's first suspicion. On April 20, NABU detained a man, accusing him of embezzlement of funds from the state-owned enterprise “Eastern Ore Mining and Processing Plant”, but the court released the accused on bail of several people's deputies.
What crimes were proven by SAP and NABU
The investigation found that in July 2014, the ex-people's deputy received 311 thousand euros from the management of the Czech company SKODA JS as.
Pay attention! The Czech company is part of the United Machine Building Plants holding, owned by the Russian ” Gazprombank”.
For this money, Martynenko should promote the interests of the company in Ukraine. In particular, we are talking about contracts “SKODA JS as” with “NAEK Energoatom” and “Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant”, which regulated the supply of equipment to Ukrainian enterprises. There was a risk that the Ukrainian side would not pay the amounts specified in the agreements, and Martynenko decided to take advantage of this.
Through the Cyprus offshore company “DEVECOM COMPANY LIMITED” was registered in the Czech Republic – “SKODA JS as” transferred the former people's deputy 311 thousand 563 euros. Then Martynenko, lobbying the interests of “SKODA JS as”, influenced the payment of debt under contracts by the Ukrainian side.
SAP and NABU did not report what interests of the Czech company are in question.
How the ex-people's deputy spent the funds
According to 2 departments, the ex-deputy spent the funds received through another offshore company for his own needs. For a bribe, he bought expensive things for himself and other family members.
It is worth adding that Ukrainian government agencies learned Martynenko's probable crime from Czech law enforcement officers. Also, 6 employees of SKODA JS as were, like the ex-deputy, notified of suspicion, but already by Czech state institutions.
