Court lifts seizure of part of the property involved in the Hrynkevych case
Kyiv • UNN
The court has lifted the seizure of part of the company's property of Lviv businessman Ihor Hrynkevych, a suspect in the case of fraudulent supply of clothing for the Armed Forces of Ukraine worth UAH 1 billion.
The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv has canceled the seizure of some of the property involved in the case against Lviv businessman Ihor Hrynkevych, who is a suspect in the case of UAH 1 billion worth of clothing for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This is stated in the court ruling, UNN reports.
To cancel the seizure of property imposed by the decision of the investigating judge of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv dated January 22, 2024 in case No. 757/1975/24-k in terms of property.
Details
According to the court decision, the arrest was lifted:
- non-residential building in Lviv at 72 Heroiv UPA str. with a total area of 3119.6 sq.m.;
- land plot with cadastral number: 4610136900:06:002:0061, with an area of 72 square meters;
- non-residential premises of the refrigerator-distributor, lit. "Zh-2"; "Zh-1" in Lviv at 14 Apostol D Street, with a total area of 1758 sq.m.
The buildings, premises, and land plot belong to VT Development LLC, which is owned through a second company, Yasnynsky Krai LLC, by a Lviv resident, Maksym Stankevych. By the way, VT Development was owned by Ihor Hrynkevych's wife Svitlana until August 2023.
The court also found that the investigators did not provide evidence of the company's illegal activities, it was not a party to the contracts under investigation, and the property was acquired long before they were concluded. Therefore, the court decided that the continued seizure of the property "is not justified by the needs of the pre-trial investigation" and canceled it.
Recall
Ihor Hrynkevych is a suspect in two criminal cases. He was detained on December 29, 2023, for offering a $500,000 bribe to one of the heads of the SBI's Main Investigation Department for assistance in returning property seized from companies he controlled during the investigation.
The day after his arrest, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv imposed a pre-trial restraint on him. Hrynkevych was sent to custody with the possibility of bail. While in jail, Hrynkevych was served with a second notice of suspicion - of supplying low-quality clothing to the army.
In January, the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv remanded Roman Hrynkevych, a suspect in the case of UAH 1 billion worth of clothing for the Armed Forces, into custody.
In February, the State Bureau of Investigation seized the real estate and vehicles of Lviv businessman Ihor Hrynkevych and his family members for involvement in a fraudulent scheme.
In March, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv remanded Roman Hrynkevych, a suspect in the case of UAH 1 billion worth of clothing for the Armed Forces, in custody until April 17. The bail was reduced from over UAH 500 million to UAH 469 million. In April, the Pechersk Court of Kyiv again extended Roman Hrynkevych's detention for two months and reduced his bail from UAH 469 million to UAH 393 million.
