Aleksey Kovalev, an assistant to the People's Deputy from the Servant of the People party, Aleksey Zhmerenetsky, was caught trying to bribe the head of the State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Roman Leshchenko for issuing orders for the allocation of land. The amount of the bribe was supposed to be $ 170,000, and anonymous sources call Zhmerenetsky himself the main beneficiaries of the transaction.