The number of MREV chiefs implicated in the "Volyn Klondike" case is growing in Volyn. The prosecutor's office of Volyn region has opened another criminal case on the fact of smuggling of cars and forgery of documents based on materials from the regional internal security department. The Western Information Corporation was informed of this on January 13 by the Central Public Relations Service of the UMVS of Ukraine in Volyn region.
During a complex of investigative and operational measures in the criminal case opened against the former chief of the Lutsk MREV of the State Traffic Police of the UMVS of Ukraine in Volyn region on the fact of abuse of official position during the registration of 15 foreign cars during 2003, the internal security department in Volyn region discovered the fact of smuggling of the said cars into the territory of Ukraine and the fact of forgery of documents which were subsequently submitted for registration at the Lutsk MREV.
As a result of the illegal dealings, more than 1.5 million hryvnias in mandatory payments bypassed the budget. A criminal case was opened against the former chief of the Lutsk MREV on the fact of abuse of official position and on January 4 was sent to the Lutsk city-district court for consideration on the merits, while on the fact of smuggling and forgery of documents, investigators of the prosecutor's office of Volyn region are currently conducting a pre-trial investigation.