Dina Pimakhova bűnösnek bizonyult, kilenc év börtönt kapott
Ukrajna Legfelsőbb Korrupcióellenes Bírósága nine years in prison and confiscation of all assets for former first deputy head of the State Migration Service Dina Pimakhova. The court found her guilty of accepting an especially large unlawful benefit.
Legfontosabb tudnivalók
- The Higher Anti-Corruption Court convicted former State Migration Service first deputy head Dina Pimakhova on 2 November.
- She was sentenced to nine years in prison under Part 4 of Article 368 of Ukraine's Criminal Code.
- All her property was confiscated.
- She was barred from holding certain public offices for three years, according to most reports; one source says two years.
- In 2017 she received $1,800 for arranging a Vietnamese citizen's temporary residence permit.
- In August 2017 she sought $30,000 to arrange territorial-origin citizenship and passports for an Iranian citizen.
- The judgment takes legal effect in 30 days unless appealed.
- The court also ordered her to pay 152,874 hryvnias in expert-examination procedural costs.
Miért fontos
The conviction concerns alleged corruption in migration, citizenship, residence-permit and passport services for foreign nationals. For a former senior civil servant, the nine-year sentence, full asset confiscation and public-office ban are significant penalties. The case also shows that proceedings arising from a 2017 undercover operation continued for roughly nine years before a judgment.
Mi történt
On 2 November, Ukraine's Higher Anti-Corruption Court found Dina Pimakhova, the former first deputy head of the State Migration Service, guilty of requesting and accepting an unlawful benefit in an especially large amount under Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code. She was sentenced to nine years in prison, all her property was confiscated, and she was barred from holding certain state positions other than elected offices. One source reported the ban as two years, while others described it as three years. The court also ordered Pimakhova to pay 152,874 hryvnias in procedural costs for expert examinations, and issued its decision with a separate opinion. The judgment will take legal effect 30 days after it was announced unless appealed.
Hogyan számolnak be róla az ukrán források
Ukrainian reporting focuses on the verdict, the nine-year sentence, confiscation of all assets and the public-office ban, while providing extensive detail about the alleged migration-service transactions and the 2017 National Agency on Corruption Prevention undercover operation. The dispute over whether the public-office ban lasts two or three years is reflected across the Ukrainian reports.
Miben térnek el a beszámolók
Ukrainian sources disagree on the duration of the public-office ban: most report it as three years, while one source says two years.
Háttér
Pimakhova was the first deputy head of the State Migration Service and left the agency at her own request in March 2018. The National Agency on Corruption Prevention said its operation began in April 2017 to uncover an organized criminal group involving current and former State Migration Service officials. The allegations centered on $1,800 received for arranging a Vietnamese citizen's temporary residence permit and a request for $30,000 to organize territorial-origin citizenship and passports for an Iranian citizen. Pimakhova denied soliciting a bribe from the NACP agent and reported the alleged provocation to law-enforcement authorities.