Court places former military commander Borisov under arrest and sets bail at over UAH 400 million

The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv has taken into custody the former head of the Odesa Regional TCC and JV Yevhen Borysov with an alternative of bail in the amount of UAH 402 million. UNN reports with reference to the State Bureau of Investigation.

"The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv chose a preventive measure in the form of detention with an alternative of bail in the amount of UAH 402 million for the former head of the Odesa Regional TCC and JV," the statement said.

The prosecution requested that Yevhen Borysov be held in custody without the possibility of bail.

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On December 25, it was reported that the State Bureau of Investigation in Kyiv detained the former head of the Odesa Regional TCC and JV, Yevhen Borysov, after he was released on bail of UAH 39.364 million. The Bureau received information that after leaving the detention center, he planned to hide from the investigation.

He was served a notice of suspicion of committing new criminal offenses under Part 3 of Article 27, Part 1 of Article 114-1 (organization of obstruction of the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a special period), Part 3 of Article 27, Part 1 of Article 366 (organization of drawing up and issuance of a knowingly false official document by an official) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine," the statement said.

The SBI reported that he had arranged for a non-combat injury, which he did not even receive in the line of duty, to be registered as related to the defense of the homeland. Based on an erroneous decision of the official inspection and, accordingly, the conclusion of the MSEC, he was unjustifiably awarded additional remuneration totaling UAH 165 thousand 480 for the period April-June 2022.

The SBI is also investigating criminal proceedings on suspicion of the former military commissar of committing a crime under Article 27(3) and Article 209(3) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - organization of money laundering.

On May 28, in Kyiv, at the exit from the pre-trial detention center, SBI officers detained Yevhen Borysov, the former head of the Odesa Regional TCC and JV, for the second time because of information that he planned to go abroad after paying bail.

In April, law enforcement officers completed the investigation into the criminal proceedings regarding the illicit enrichment of the former head of the Odesa Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support. The indictment was sent to court.