The High Anti-Corruption Court has closed criminal proceedings against eight individuals, including Member of Parliament Yaroslav Dubnevych, due to the expiration of the pre-trial investigation period after the notification of suspicion. The case concerned the illegal misappropriation of 93 million UAH from PJSC "Ukrzaliznytsia". This was reported by the HACC press service, according to UNN.
The High Anti-Corruption Court granted the defense's motion and closed the criminal proceedings based on paragraph 10 of part 1 of Article 284 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine due to the expiration of the pre-trial investigation period after the person was notified of suspicion (Art. 219 of the CPC of Ukraine).
It is noted that the defendants in this criminal proceeding were eight individuals, including a Member of Parliament of Ukraine, the former first deputy head of the "Production Support Center" branch of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia", the chairman of the board of PJSC "Dnipropetrovsk Switch Plant", and others.
The ruling may be appealed within seven days from the date of its announcement.
Addendum
In November 2023, the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine, at the request of a prosecutor from the Specialized Prosecutor's Office, placed Dubnevych on the international wanted list. He is accused of the illegal misappropriation of 93 million UAH from PJSC "Ukrzaliznytsia", as well as organizing the embezzlement of natural gas from NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" totaling 2.2 billion.
In making the decision at that time, the court cited the defendant's failure to appear at the hearing and information regarding his presence abroad. Information allegedly from Europol's official Secure Information Exchange Network (SIENA) system was presented as evidence, although the State Border Guard Service had no record of Dubnevych crossing the state border.
He was not on the wanted list of the International Criminal Police Organization despite being declared internationally wanted by the Ukrainian authorities.
In 2025, the case of MP Yaroslav Dubnevych was sent to court. He is accused of organizing the misappropriation of natural gas worth over 2.1 billion hryvnias and the legalization of illegally obtained profits.