High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine
NABU Director promises to improve the work of detectives due to frequent acquittals by the HACC. The lawyer believes that delaying the investigation can be used as a political lever against top officials.
The former head of the company suspected of illegal alienation of the National Cinematheque buildings was extradited to Ukraine. The HACC imposed on him a preventive measure in the form of detention with an alternative bail of UAH 10 million.
The HACC imposed a measure of restraint on the former Deputy Minister of Energy for fraud with coal worth UAH 12 million. The suspect is involved in the illegal sale of coal to a private company instead of the state-owned Centrenergo.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has allowed another defendant in the NABU case against Mykola Solskyi to move freely in Ukraine. This continues the trend of easing the preventive measures in this case.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has put MP Andriy Odarchenko on the national and international wanted list. He is suspected of attempting to bribe the former head of the State Agency for Infrastructure Recovery and Development.
The legal community expresses concern about the NABU's idea to create its own expert institution. This may lead to manipulation of the evidence base and jeopardize the objectivity of justice.
The SAPO initiated bail forfeiture and putting MP Andriy Odarchenko on the wanted list, accused of attempting to bribe the leadership of the Ministry of Reconstruction. Odarchenko did not appear in court and his whereabouts are unknown.
The HACC Appeals Chamber has authorized a special investigation against a former MP in the OPP case. He is suspected of organizing a scheme that caused UAH 93.3 million in losses to the plant.
Valentyn Reznichenko, the former head of the Dnipro RSA, was released on bail of UAH 30 million. He is suspected of mismanagement of road repairs, which caused damage to the community in the amount of over UAH 286 million.
Businessman Ihor Mazepa said that the NABU is turning into a 'pocket' body to persecute reformers. Experts point to political motives in the cases against Nemchynov, Solsky and other officials.
The HACC has chosen preventive measures for two suspects in the case of the former Deputy Minister of Energy. One of them was placed under round-the-clock house arrest, the other was held in custody with the possibility of bail in the amount of UAH 7 million.
The SAPO has sent to court an indictment against an accomplice in the scheme to embezzle more than $1. 2 million from the Titanium Institute. Earlier, the first deputy director general was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The HACC imposed a bail of UAH 10 million on the former acting head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Kharkiv region. The bribery suspect is also subject to a number of restrictions, including wearing an electronic bracelet.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has allowed the lawyers of former Minister Solskyi to seize NABU materials. This decision is based on information that NABU has data from another case that could confirm the ex-minister's innocence.
ARMA reports billions in losses due to the suspension of production at the Sakhalin field. The agency has appealed to law enforcement to bring the perpetrators to justice and restore the production license.
The KIIS and NDI surveys showed low awareness of and trust in Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies. About 40% do not know anything about the NABU, only 30% trust its actions, and 25% consider it ineffective.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has removed the electronic bracelet from the defendant in the case of former Minister Solsky. The Supreme Court's examination and decision show that the accused land did not belong to the National Academy of Sciences, which casts doubt on NABU's accusations.
The HACC arrested a lawyer suspected in the case of illegal departure of conscripts abroad. The court set bail at UAH 9.084 million as an alternative to detention.
Mykhailo Holovko, who was reinstated as head of the Ternopil Regional Council today, was again dismissed by secret ballot. All 40 deputies present voted in favor of the decision, although 33 votes were required.
The property of former Motor Sich president Vyacheslav Boguslaev and top manager Petro Kononenko was transferred to the SPFU. Shares in companies, real estate and cash worth over UAH 600 million were recovered.
The SBU facilitated the nationalization of Russian oligarch Viktor Kononov's assets in Ukraine worth over UAH 2 billion. The High Anti-Corruption Court transferred 100% of VinnytsiaPobutkhim PJSC shares and all of the company's property to the state.
The High Anti-Corruption Court upheld a lawsuit to recover the VinnytsiaBudkhim plant for the state. The plant belonged to the sanctioned Russian company Nevskaya Kosmetika, which produces cosmetics and household chemicals.
A prosecutor of the Prosecutor General's Office was served a notice of suspicion of incitement to take a $170,000 bribe to close a criminal case. The suspect persuaded an entrepreneur to pay a bribe to close a case of illegal alienation of property.
The HACC arrested a prosecutor of the Prosecutor General's Office for 60 days in the $170,000 bribe case. The court set bail at UAH 4 million with procedural obligations.
Audit: The NABU should change its approach to investigating cases, as some of them result in acquittals.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine lacks reforms and funds to demonstrate high results of investigations, according to a report by international auditors who recommend strengthening the institutional capacity of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the High Anti-Corruption Court.
The court re-arrested the corporate rights of 21 regional and city gas distribution system operators after the owners challenged the previous arrest in court.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has removed the electronic bracelet from former Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solsky.
The head of an organized criminal group that embezzled UAH 17 million from Ukrzaliznytsia during the repair of track equipment was arrested with an alternative of UAH 12 million bail.
Former head of the main Investigation Department of the prosecutor general's office Igor Shcherbina was sentenced to 6 years in prison for inciting a bribe to a former director of the state Bureau of Investigation.