The case of former Rector of the National University of State Tax Service of Ukraine Petro Melnyk has been sent to court, according to the press service of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine.
“The main investigative directorate of the Interior Ministry has finished pre-trial investigations under criminal proceeding regarding the facts that Melnyk gained a considerable illegal income,” reads Tuesday statement by the ministry.
Law enforcers established that in July 2013 Melnyk gained improper income for facilitating the enrolment of two entrants to the National University of State Tax Service of Ukraine. The criminal proceeding into Melnyk was opened undero Part 4 of Article 368 (agreeing to, promising or gaining improper income by an official) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Melnyk’s bail was set at Hr 609,000. Besides, his immovable property and financial resources were arrested.
“The indictment was transferred to Irpin city court of Kyiv region,” the Interior Ministry noted.
As reported, Melnyk was detained on July 27, 2013 on suspicion of demanding from two Ukrainian citizens bribes of Hr 40,000 and Hr 80,000 to accept their relatives’ entry to university.
Kyiv’s Pechersky District Court on August 1, 2013, ruled to place Melnyk under house arrest on suspicion of bribery. Melnyk was not allowed to leave his apartment except in situations in which he might need medical examination or treatment.
On August 7, 2013 a tracking bracelet was put on the ex-rector. Melnyk became the first senior official to have a tracking bracelet put on.
The ex-rector escaped house arrest on August 9, having removed his electronic tracking bracelet.
On August 14, he was put on an international wanted list.
On April 1, 2014, Head of the Interior Ministry of Ukraine Arsen Avakov wrote on his Facebook page that Ukraine’s law enforcement officers had detained Melnyk upon his arrival from London.
On April 2, Pechersky District Court in Kyiv prolonged Melnyk’s detention until May 30, with the possibility of bail.
