Officer of Municipal Guard in Odesa sentenced to two years for bribery

The Prymorskyi District Court of Odesa has sentenced an employee of the Municipal Guard municipal institution of the Fontanska Village Council of Odesa District to two years in prison for abuse of influence.

The relevant court verdict was published in the Unified Register of Court Decisions.

According to the case file, in July 2025, the man began looking for clients to whom he promised that he could influence employees of the Main Department of the State Migration Service in Odesa Oblast to obtain permanent residence permits in Ukraine, and later he was approached by an Armenian citizen who decided to use his services.

The convict stated that he could help, but to resolve the issue, he requested $6,000, of which $1,000 was for extending the period of stay, and $5,000 was for resolving the issue of submitting documents and issuing a permanent residence permit. He received the money and was detained by law enforcement officers.

In the court proceedings, the accused repented and confessed. When sentencing the defendant, the court took into account his personality and the fact that he was accused of committing a minor criminal offense. As mitigating circumstances, the court took into account the fact that he sincerely repented of the criminal offense and that he had no previous convictions.

Earlier in Odesa, a family doctor was fined for promising to arrange fictitious inpatient treatment in a city hospital for a reward. Despite the proven fact of bribery, the doctor got off with a fine.

The security forces also exposed and detained a doctor who, for $7,000, agreed to "resolve the issue" of a conscript's deferral from mobilization by forging information about his mother's health. According to the investigation, the doctor from a private clinic offered to create a fictitious diagnosis that would allegedly require constant care. Such a scheme would allow her son to apply for a deferment of service as a person caring for an incapacitated relative.

Кирило Бойко