Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
Ex-Psychiatric MSEC Head Suspected of Corruption
In Kharkiv region, a former psychiatric medical commission chief is suspected of taking $6,500 to arrange a fake psychiatric diagnosis and help a conscription-age man obtain military unfitness status and removal from military records
Former Air Force Logistics Chief Gets New Charges
Former Air Force Logistics Commander Andrii Ukrainets has been charged with illicit enrichment involving nearly UAH 21 million. Investigators identified real estate, land plots and vehicles registered to relatives but allegedly controlled by the suspect
National Guard Officer Held in Draft Exemption Scheme
A National Guard officer was detained in Kharkiv on suspicion of organizing a draft evasion scheme. Investigators say he offered military exemption through a critical infrastructure company and assistance with leaving Ukraine for $8,000
Kyiv man accused of attempting to bribe border guard at Shehyni crossing
Ukrainian border authorities reported that a Kyiv resident attempted to bribe a border guard at the Shehyni checkpoint in an effort to leave the country without the required travel documents
Former Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. released on UAH 6 million bail
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered former Deputy Prime Minister and former Ambassador to the United States Olha Stefanishyna to post UAH 6 million bail and comply with several procedural obligations while the investigation continues
Anti-Corruption Court extends obligations for Zaporizhzhia regional council deputy head
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended the procedural obligations imposed on Zaporizhzhia Regional Council Deputy Chairman Vladyslav Kutsenko and two co-defendants in a case involving alleged bribery of the head of a regional emergency medical center
Kharkiv doctor suspected of failing to declare luxury vehicles
Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have charged a doctor from Kharkiv with filing a false asset declaration after allegedly omitting two vehicles registered to his wife with a combined value exceeding UAH 3.2 million
Military law enforcement major suspected of demanding $10,000 from AWOL soldier
Ukrainian prosecutors have charged a Military Law Enforcement Service major with allegedly demanding $10,000 from a serviceman absent without leave in exchange for arranging his return to military service without adverse consequences
Judge recuses himself from corruption trial of Halych mayor Oleh Kantor
A judge at the Halych District Court has recused himself from hearing the corruption case against Halych Mayor Oleh Kantor, citing circumstances that could raise doubts about his impartiality, including personal and professional connections to participants in the proceedings
Kyiv region suspects charged over bribery scheme helping soldiers desert
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation has uncovered an organized group that allegedly accepted bribes to help servicemen leave their military units, evade service and obtain forged documents, with the suspects now placed under investigation
Supreme Court postpones cassation hearing for former State Judicial Administration chief
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has postponed until September 22 the cassation hearing in the case of former State Judicial Administration head Oleksii Salnikov, who was sentenced to three years in prison for influence peddling
Anti-Corruption Court schedules trial of former Prosecutor General’s Office official Kulyk
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled the merits hearing for August 7 in the criminal case against former Deputy Head of a Prosecutor General’s Office department, Kostiantyn Kulyk, who is accused of abuse of office