Nefyodov Believes the Attack on Him Was Ordered by Lviv Smugglers

And suggests writing real compromising material on himself.

Head of the State Customs Service of Ukraine Maksym Nefyodov wrote on Facebook that the media attack against him was ordered by Lviv smugglers and that he knows what sums are involved.

In response, he suggested writing real compromising material on himself and backing it up with photographs, if the smugglers send 50% of the amount spent on the media attack to the “Come Back Alive” foundation. But he added that he would fire them anyway.

The attack began after 1+1 journalist Yevgeny Plinsky published an article allegedly exposing Nefyodov for covering up smuggling by his relatives. If that information is to be believed, the head of the tax service, Serhiy Verlanov, is also involved in the scheme. The attack was spread with the help of People's Deputy Oleksandr Dubinsky of the Servant of the People party, who previously worked on the same channel.

Nefyodov won the competition for the post of head of the State Customs Service in June of this year and promises to carry out large-scale reform. Yesterday he confirmed that more than 500 people from the current customs leadership will be dismissed, but since many of them are already multimillionaires, they are ready to pay a lot to remain in their seats.

From 2015, Nefyodov served as Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Ukraine and launched the Prozorro system, which makes public procurement tenders transparent.