Defense Ministry official suspected of accepting $1.3 million bribe over construction of military housing

"A Defense Ministry official has been charged with accepting a bribe from a housing developer worth upwards of $1.3 million, Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies announced on Aug. 12.

Officials allege that an acting head of one of the Central Territorial Departments in Ukraine's Defense Ministry orchestrated a plot to help a developer secure a tender for a construction project in Kyiv, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said.
The tender surrounded the development of housing for military personnel, with the accused allegedly recruiting a bidder to implement the scheme.
The official allegedly set-up the bribe to be paid in three phases — an initial payment of $100,000 after the launch of bidding on the tender, a second payment of $400,000 upon signing the construction contract, and a final payment of $800,000 after the completion of the first stage of construction, official said." KI