12:01 01.11.2017

NABU notifies third detainee of suspicion in 'backpack case'

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NABU notifies third detainee of suspicion in 'backpack case'

Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) have notified the third detainee of suspicion in committing a crime during the purchase of backpacks for the Interior Ministry in late 2014 and early 2015.

"The third suspect in the 'backpack case' was notified of suspicion in committing a crime," a NABU representative told Interfax-Ukraine early on Wednesday.

At the same time, he declined to name the detainee.

Bloc of Petro Poroshenko MP Serhiy Leschenko said earlier, referring to his own sources, that in addition to former Deputy Interior Minister Serhiy Chebotar and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov's son, Oleksandr, NABU detectives had detained head of IT firm Turboseo Volodymyr Lyvtyn in Kharkiv. According to Leschenko, Lytvyn also runs a company that, according to the results of the tender, had to produce a batch of backpacks for the Interior Ministry.

Two individuals detained on October 31 as part of the investigation into the so-called "backpack case" were informed on the same day of suspicion in committing a crime under Part 5, Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (appropriation, embezzlement or taking possession of property through abuse of power). The issue concerns former Deputy Interior Minister Serhiy Chebotar and Oleksandr Avakov, the son of Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.

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