According to the prosecutor of the Volyn region, Andriy Hil, the regional prosecutor's office has completed a number of criminal cases related to violations of election legislation during the second round of the Ukrainian Presidential elections. This concerns the completion of the investigation by the prosecutor's office of the Rozhyshche district of the Volyn region of the criminal case against entrepreneur Marchuk V. Ye. The latter purchased forged absentee certificates and organized subsequent illegal voting through his acquaintances at polling stations in the region. For the committed crime, by the verdict of the Rozhyshche district court dated 28.01.2005, Marchuk V. Ye. was convicted under Article 158, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. And the Lyuboml inter-district prosecutor's office completed the pre-trial investigation in the criminal case on the accusation of citizen Melyukh I. I., who, by bribing voters, committed a crime under Article 157, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The criminal case on 18.02.05 was sent to the Shvatsk district court for consideration on the merits. Also completed was the investigation of the criminal case regarding the head of the Volodymyr-Volynskyi MRV of the UMVS of Ukraine in the Volyn region, Chornopyskyi A. H. The latter organized bribery of voters through his employees, by purchasing absentee certificates from local residents for repeat voting. Thus, during the pre-trial investigation on 17.01.2005, Chornopyskyi A. H. was charged with the elements of crimes provided for by Part 1 of Article 15, Part 2 of Article 157, Part 1 of Article 365 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Accordingly, on 31.01.05 this criminal case was sent to the Volodymyr-Volynskyi city-district court for consideration of the case on the merits.