Former Ukrainian MP Anatoliy Hunko to be put on trial for accepting $85,000 bribe
Former member of the "Servant of the People" faction, Anatoliy Hunko, will stand trial for taking an $85,000 bribe, reported the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine on Feb. 19.
Law enforcement officers exposed Hunko and two of his accomplices in early August 2023, when they allegedly received the first part of an $85,000 bribe from an entrepreneur for "leasing state land."
According to the SBU, in return for the bribe, the MP promised the businessman to ensure that state land plots would be transferred to the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine for development.
Initially, Hunko was given a pre-trial restraint in the form of detention with the possibility of bail of UAH 30 million ($780,000). However, in early October, the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine reduced the bail substantially, to UAH 10 million.
On Aug.10, Hunko was expelled from the Servant of the People faction.
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