Case description
The NABU and the SAPO accused Servant of the People MP Serhii Kuzminykh of receiving a UAH 558,000 bribe from a private company representative for a contract award in a tender for the purchase of ultrasound systems. He is facing up to 5 years in prison.
In late January 2022, Serhii Kuzminykh was detained while transferring a significant amount of money. The investigation believes that the MP assisted in signing contracts between a hospital in the Zhytomyr region and a private company called Lumberg INC. The hospital ordered ultrasound diagnostic systems at tenders, and Kuzminykh asked for a 30% kickback from the order amount for awarding a contract.
For this, MP Serhii Kuzminykh is charged with Article 369-2(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. After his detention, the MP ignored NABU subpoenas three times, so he was put on the wanted list, but later he did appear at the National Bureau and was detained. Subsequently, when NABI officers tried to hand him the indictment, Kuzminykh threw the documents out of the car window.
In September 2022, a podcast episode featuring a NABU detective was also released, discussing the Kuzminykh case. The defense filed a statement on violation of the presumption of innocence by the detective, and the court recognized this violation.
