The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court has sentenced a former investigator of the Prosecutor General's Office to 9 years in prison. Dmitry Sus was accused of embezzlement and sale of property seized during searches of underground casinos in Kyiv.
The sentence against the ex-deputy of one of the Departments of the Prosecutor General's Office was passed by the VAKS on January 31. This was reported by the Anti-Corruption Action Center and confirmed by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.
What is known about the Sus case
The SAPO noted that the VAKS found guilty the former deputy head of the Department – head of the department for investigating especially important cases in the economy of the Prosecutor General's Office under parts 3, 4 and 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Note that we are talking about “appropriation, embezzlement of property or taking it by abuse of official position.”
Susu was sentenced to 9 years in prison with deprivation of the right to hold positions in courts, law enforcement agencies and the bar for a period of 3 years and confiscation of property. He was also deprived of the rank of senior adviser to justice and special confiscation was applied to a significant list of items. in Kyiv (cash, slot machines, poker and roulette tables, bar stools and even a video recorder), the Anti-Corruption Action Center noted.
They also added that in his last word, Soos stated that he had said everything he wanted during the trial and only added: “Bets are made, no more bets.”
Pay attention! The verdict of the VAKS can be appealed within 30 days from the date of its announcement in the court of appeal.
What Dmitry Sus is famous for
- In 2016, he was suspended from work due to a conflict with NABU.
- In April 2017, Stus was fired from the prosecutor's office.
- In July of this year, NABU detectives detained Dmitry Sus on the territory of the Boryspil International Airport. He was accused of taking possession of other people's property during investigative actions in a number of criminal proceedings by abusing his official position.
- By the way, in the fall of 2016, journalists found out that Dmitry Sus drove an Audi Q7 car worth more than 900 thousand hryvnias, which, according to the documents, it belonged to his 85-year-old grandmother.
- Later, the Solomensky District Court of Kyiv placed Sous under house arrest, obliging him to wear an electronic bracelet. In January 2018, the preventive measure was changed to bail.
