Cigarette smuggling case: court imposes preventive measure on former head of State Border Service
30 January 15:12
The court partially imposed a preventive measure on the former head of the State Border Service of Ukraine, Serhiy Deyneka, in the form of bail in the amount of 10 million hryvnias.
This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to Telegram SAP.
It is noted that bail in the amount of 2 million hryvnia was also imposed on the former head of the State Border Service checkpoint department.
According to the court’s decision, the suspects are obliged to:
- appear before the investigator and the court upon first request;
- not leave the territory of Ukraine;
- notify of any change in their place of residence and work;
- refrain from communicating with the suspects;
- surrender their foreign passports and other documents entitling them to leave Ukraine.
What preceded
As a reminder, NABU and SAP exposed a former top official and current official of the State Border Service of Ukraine for systematically receiving bribes for facilitating border crossings.
According to the investigation, in 2023, a group of individuals organized the illegal transportation of cigarettes across the state border of Ukraine to the EU. This was facilitated by top officials of the State Border Service, who received bribes on a regular basis.
According to NABU detectives, the smuggling scheme, which involved Deineko and four other SBGS employees, took place with the participation of diplomatic representatives.
It was later reported that the Ministry of Internal Affairs was preparing personnel purges in the State Border Service in response to the corruption scandal.
