NABU puts the ex-head of the State GeoCadastre on the wanted list

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau has put on the wanted list the former head of the State GeoCadastre, Alexander Kolotilin, and another person involved, Sergei Katsun, as part of the case of the former Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Nikolai Solsky.

The relevant data is contained in the search records of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

As noted, the date of disappearance of Kolotilin and Katsun is considered to be April 23, 2024.

As you know, the anti-corruption court arrested the Minister of Agricultural Policy Nikolai Solsky until June 24. An alternative was determined to be 75.7 million UAH of collateral.

Let us remind you that NABU and SAPO reported suspicion to the Minister of Agricultural Policy Nikolai Solsky, his deputy and other persons involved.

According to investigators, participants in the scheme ensured the destruction of documents on the basis of which two state-owned enterprises in the Sumy region had the right to permanent use of land. Due to their absence, the regional State GeoCadastre drew up an act on the unauthorized occupation of these areas.

Subsequently, with the help of controlled officials of the regional State GeoCadastre, the plots were transferred into the ownership of predetermined citizens under the guise of exercising their right to free land. At the same time, the condition for obtaining ownership of the land was the signing of an agreement on its lease to a private agricultural holding even before receipt.

As a result of the implementation of the transaction in 2017-2021. participants in the scheme took possession of 1,250 land plots with a total area of ​​2,493 hectares, the value of which at the time of the crime was more than UAH 291 million. They also attempted to take possession of 3,282 hectares of land worth about UAH 190 million, but they were prevented by NABU detectives and SAPO prosecutors, who conducted searches and seized the plots.