NABU and SAPO failed: HACCU Appeals Chamber once again refuses to take Kriuchkov into custody
Kyiv • UNN
The HACC Appeals Chamber rejected the SAPO's motion to arrest former MP Dmytro Kriuchkov. Over 10 years of investigation, the NABU and the SAPO spent over UAH 326 million from the budget.
The Appellate Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court has once again refused to allow the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office to arrest former MP Dmytro Kriuchkov, overturning the relevant decision of the first instance. This is reported by UNN with reference to the press service of the court.
It is worth noting that this is an unprecedented case in the history of the anti-corruption court, when the courts consistently recognize the NABU and SAPO's attempts to arrest the accused as illegal and unmotivated.
The criminal proceeding against Dmytro Kriuchkov was the first in the history of the NABU - №520150000000000001. This case has been going on for almost 10 years, and all this time he has been living with restrictions that have already negatively affected his lifestyle and private business.
It is noteworthy that the Constitutional Court of Ukraine has already recognized the abuse of power by the NABU director and detectives during the pre-trial investigation of former MP Kriuchkov. In particular, the CCU noted that NABU does not have the right to annul illegal agreements concluded by state-owned companies through the court.
Moreover, according to experts and witnesses in the case, NABU detectives used fake documents, which directly indicates the artificial creation of “evidence”. It is worth noting that this is not the first time that anti-corruption activists “draw examinations” in their cases.
12 NABU detectives and 5 SAPO prosecutors are working on Kriuchkov's case. According to the NACP, over 10 years, they have collectively received a salary of more than UAH 326 million from the state budget. However, is it reasonable to spend such huge amounts of money if the state has not received anything from them?
The only thing is that, at the request of Dmytro Kriuchkov himself, more than UAH 7 million of bail was transferred to the needs of the Armed Forces. At the same time, it is worth noting that the SAPO prosecutor objected to the satisfaction of the motion to transfer these funds, which had been held by the NABU for five years. Why? The question remains open.
The situation around the Kriuchkov case is not just a failure of one investigation, but a demonstration of a systemic problem in the work of the NABU and the SAPO. For almost 10 years, anti-corruption activists have spent at least a third of a billion hryvnias on the fake “fight against corruption.
