Illegally received compensation for housing in the capital: VAKS announced the verdict to ex-MP Demchak
Kyiv • UNN
VAKS sentenced ex-MP Demchak to 3 years of probation for illegally receiving compensation for housing. He must pay a fine and transfer UAH 2 million to United24.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has announced a verdict against ex-MP Ruslan Demchak, who was suspected of abuse of office, which caused serious consequences. Demchak was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment and released from serving it with a probationary period of 1 year. This was reported by the SAP press service, reports UNN.
On April 4, 2025, the VAKS verdict approved an agreement on признання винуватості in the case against the People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation, accused of illegally receiving compensation for renting housing in the capital
UNN sources reported that it is about former MP Ruslan Demchak, but the verdict has not yet entered into force.
The SAP indicates that the MP received compensation for using a hotel room in the "Kyiv" hotel from September 2017 to October 2018. However, during the pre-trial investigation, it was established that the accused actually had his own housing in the suburbs of the capital and actually lived there during this period.
According to the terms of the agreement approved by the court, the accused was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment and released from serving it with a probationary period of 1 year. He was also sentenced to additional penalties in the form of a fine of UAH 17,000 and deprivation of the right to hold positions in state authorities for a period of 1 year
A prerequisite for the conclusion of the agreement was the reimbursement by the accused of almost UAH 800,000 for the entire period of use of the hotel room at the expense of the state, of which more than UAH 225,000 was the damage in the criminal proceedings.
In addition, the accused undertook, before the verdict comes into force, to transfer a charitable donation of UAH 2 million to a special account of the United24 project for the purchase of armored ambulances by the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
Let us remind
In April last year, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine announced the search for former People's Deputy Ruslan Demchak, suspected of abuse of office, which caused serious consequences.