Million-hryvnia bails set for judges in Supreme Court corruption case
Kyiv • UNN
The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has set bail for four Supreme Court judges in the $2.7 million bribe case. The amounts range from 900,000 to 3 million hryvnias.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has applied preventive measures to 4 suspects in the Supreme Court corruption case, the SAPO reported on Friday, UNN writes.
Details
As indicated, the HACC investigating judge applied preventive measures in the form of bail to two more suspects in the Supreme Court corruption case. These are a current and a former judge of the Supreme Court.
According to the court's decisions, bail was set for the suspects in the amounts of UAH 3 million and UAH 900,000, respectively.
Regarding two other judges suspected in the Supreme Court corruption case, the HACC applied preventive measures in the form of bail in the amounts of UAH 2.5 million and UAH 2 million, respectively, on May 21, the SAPO indicated.
Addendum
On May 19, NABU and SAPO expanded the circle of suspects in the large-scale corruption case involving the former President of the Supreme Court. This concerns three current Supreme Court judges, as well as a retired Supreme Court judge, who, according to the investigation, while serving as judges of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court, received an improper benefit for making a decision in the interests of the owner of the "Finance and Credit" group.
The powers of the judges of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court include the consideration of the most complex and exceptional legal disputes.
One such case was a dispute in which former shareholders challenged the purchase and sale agreement of 40.19% of the shares of the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant, purchased in 2002 by a businessman, the owner of the "Finance and Credit" group.
The court of first instance dismissed the lawsuit; however, in 2022, the court of appeal overturned this decision and declared the agreement invalid.
Due to the complexity of the legal dispute, its further consideration in the court of cassation was carried out by the judges of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court.
According to NABU data, to avoid losing the shares, the businessman, during March–April 2023, transferred USD 2.7 million through an intermediary to a lawyer, a member of the so-called "back office" of the Supreme Court, so that he could pass these funds to the former President and judges of the Supreme Court to secure the "desired" decision.
On May 15, 2023, the President of the Supreme Court and the lawyer were exposed while receiving the second tranche of the improper benefit in the amount of USD 450,000. The case against the former top official is currently being heard in the HACC.
In July 2023, the businessman himself was notified of suspicion, and the intermediary was notified in September 2025.
On October 15, 2025, the HACC Appeals Chamber granted permission for a special pre-trial investigation in the case of the owner of the "Finance and Credit" group.
In May 2026, the indictment against the businessman's intermediary was sent to court.
The investigation into the case is ongoing. Detectives continue to investigate the possible involvement of other persons in the crime.