High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine
The Anti-Corruption Court has confiscated the assets of four Ukrainian citizens from Kherson region who collaborated with the Russian authorities during the occupation, holding senior positions in the Russian-controlled local administration.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has postponed the hearing on the choice of a preventive measure for former MP Serhiy Pashynsky, who is suspected of embezzling oil products, to February 23.
Detectives had to recover some evidence in the case of the sale of confiscated oil products that had not been fully transferred to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine when they received the case in 2019.
The prosecution requested a measure of restraint for former MP Serhiy Pashynsky in the form of detention for 60 days with the possibility of bail in the amount of UAH 299. 9 million.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has decided to conduct special court proceedings against MP Andriy Derkach, who is accused of high treason and illegal enrichment for receiving $567,000 from Russian special services to undermine Ukraine.
The HACC imposed a pre-trial restraint in the form of custody with the possibility of bail in excess of UAH 9 million on a former deputy director of a state-owned enterprise in the case of embezzlement of oil products worth UAH 967 million.
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court has remanded in custody Andriy Korotkevych-Leshchenko, director of United Energy LLC, on suspicion of causing UAH 716 million in losses to Ukrenergo through an illegal electricity sales scheme.
The former director and deputy director of the Ukrainian state-owned enterprise Pivdenkiproshakht were sentenced to more than 7 years in prison each for embezzling USD 7 million.
The state has returned over 50 hectares of defense land worth over UAH 803 million located in the border area with Romania after the prosecutor's office proved that they had been illegally transferred to municipal ownership.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has remanded businessman Serhiy Tyshchenko in custody on charges of misappropriating oil products and causing almost UAH 1 billion in damage to the state, along with former MP Serhiy Pashynsky.
The former head of a department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was arrested for two months with the possibility of posting UAH 50 million bail in the case of the ammunition supply contract.
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court has imposed a 2-month custodial detention with the possibility of UAH 50 million bail on Oleksandr Liev, former head of the Military and Technical Policy Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
The meeting of HACCJ judges will consider how to respond to activist Vitaliy Shabunin's attempts to influence the court by publicly criticizing the judge's decisions.
The president of the All-Ukrainian Association of Polygraph Examiners said that the former head of the Defense Ministry's Military Technical Policy Department had passed the first polygraph test in accordance with the methodology and proved his innocence of the crime he was suspected of.
The High Anti-Corruption Court upheld the claim of the Ministry of Justice to recover the assets of russian oligarch Ivan Savvidi and his wife Kiriyaki into the Ukrainian state budget.
HACC judge warns against unjustified prosecution of defense officials who sign defense contracts.
The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has filed a lawsuit with the High Anti-Corruption Court demanding to impose sanctions on Russian propagandist Dmitry Kiselyov for spreading Kremlin propaganda justifying Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Prosecutor General's Office has referred the case of an alleged embezzlement scheme in the purchase of ammunition from Lviv Arsenal by the Ministry of Defense to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau for further investigation.
The investigating judge concluded that the investigation had not provided any evidence of collusion between officials and the director of Lviv Arsenal to embezzle public funds under the defense contract.
Having passed the polygraph, Liev proved that he was not involved in the crime of which he was suspected - polygraph examiner.
The Appellate Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court upheld the arrest in absentia of Mykhailo Kiperman, who is suspected of organizing a criminal scheme that caused over UAH 716 million in losses to Ukrenergo through the withdrawal of electricity and legalization of proceeds from its sale.
The former acting director of the Department of Military-Technical Policy, Development of Armaments and Military Equipment of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that he was pressured to provide the military with ammunition, but not with regard to specific contracts.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has upheld the nationalization of Ukrainian oil and gas assets of Russian oligarch Eduard Khudaynatov worth half a billion hryvnias.
The High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a one-month personal obligation on the acting director of the Department of Military and Technical Policy of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on suspicion of embezzlement during the purchase of ammunition.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has ruled to partially satisfy the claim of the Ministry of Justice against russian businessman Eduard Khudainatov to recover part of his assets worth over UAH 400 million.
The prosecutor's office requests that the court impose bail of UAH 268 million on each of the four suspects, including a former Defense Ministry official, in the scheme to embezzle UAH 1. 5 billion in public funds for the purchase of ammunition.