As noted, these persons "allegedly for exercising influence on decision-making by persons authorized to perform state functions, demanded unlawful gain from the representative of the legal entity in the total amount of $ 1.1 million."
“Upon receipt of part of the funds in the amount of $ 480 thousand, they were detained“ hot, ”the agency said in a Facebook message.
In July 2018, the mayor of the city of Skole, Vladimir Moskal, was detained in Ukraine on suspicion of extorting a bribe.