The State Bureau of Investigation reported suspicions to anti-corruption official Vitaly Shabunin

Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation reported the Ukrainian activist to the police on suspicion of evasion of duty and fraud.

This was reported by the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation.

Suspilny’s sources in law enforcement agencies confirmed to the publication that this is the head of the Anti-Corruption Center, Vitaliy Shabunin.

According to the investigation, he systematically evaded military service and also unjustifiably used a vehicle intended for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

As the State Bureau of Investigation emphasized, the procedural action is not related to the activist’s professional activities.

“Having mobilized in 2022, the defendant did not appear at the place of duty for a long time and, under the guise of “business trips”, was in civilian institutions that are not part of the Defense Forces. The facts of his receipt of a monthly cash allowance in the amount of more than 50 thousand hryvnias, despite his actual absence from the military unit, are also documented,” the press service said in a statement.

At the same time, the investigation established that the suspect used a company car imported into Ukraine as humanitarian aid for the needs of the army for personal purposes.

It was previously reported thatthe State Bureau of Investigation is conducting searches at the home of Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Center . The CPC team suggested that this could have happened because of criticism of the Office of the President and Andriy Yermak personally.

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