Case description
The NABU accuses former First Deputy Head of the Customs Service Dina Pimakhova of asking for and receiving a bribe for granting a Ukrainian residence permit and citizenship.
According to the investigation, in June 2017, during a meeting with an acquaintance, Dina Pimakhova asked him for a USD 1,800 bribe for issuing documents for a Vietnamese citizen’s legal stay in Ukraine. She received the money and then asked for another USD 30,000 for expediting the acquisition of Ukrainian citizenship by an Iranian citizen through alleged territorial origin.
Information about the operational work of Pimakhova’s acquaintance and the NABU was subsequently leaked, and the process of illegal document issuance for foreigners was accordingly never completed. In November 2017, the media reported that the SSU and the Prosecutor General’s Office allegedly foiled a special operation by NABU agents at the customs. The SCS, in turn, reported that the NABU agent tried to provoke Pimakhova to take a bribe.
The former official is charged under Article 368, part 4 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The trial is pending.
