Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
Acting NAAS institute director to stand trial over financial losses
Prosecutors have sent to court the case against the acting director of a National Academy of Agrarian Sciences institute in Zakarpattia, accusing her of official forgery and abuse of office that allegedly caused nearly UAH 680,000 in state losses
Soldier and accomplice charged over bribery scheme to facilitate desertion
Ukrainian prosecutors have charged a serviceman and his accomplice with attempting to organize desertion by bribing a military commander. Both suspects have been placed in pre-trial detention with the option of bail
Mykolaiv road company director suspected of embezzling public funds
Ukrainian police have charged the director of a road construction company in Mykolaiv with allegedly embezzling public funds by approving false road repair documents, causing more than UAH 581,000 in losses
Court keeps former Ternopil regional council head Golovko in detention
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered former Ternopil Regional Council head Mykhailo Golovko to remain in Kyiv pre-trial detention until the deadline for filing a cassation appeal expires following his corruption conviction
Two Poltava clinic accountants suspected of embezzling UAH 13 million
Ukrainian prosecutors have charged two former accountants of a Poltava clinic with allegedly embezzling nearly UAH 13 million by falsifying payroll records and inflating salary payments
Anti-corruption court approves plea deal in former Health Minister case
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has approved a plea agreement with Hryhorii Chyzhyk in the corruption case linked to former Health Minister Maksym Stepanov. The defendant agreed to compensate damages, cooperate with investigators, and received an eight-year prison sentence suspended with probation
Former Kolomyia judge sentenced to five years for bribery
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has sentenced a former Kolomyia district court judge to five years in prison for accepting a $1,200 bribe in exchange for closing a drunk driving case, along with partial confiscation of his property
Former Energoatom executive receives new suspicion in Midas case
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau has issued a new suspicion against former Energoatom executive Dmytro Basov, alleging he laundered more than UAH 30 million in illicit proceeds through luxury assets and cryptocurrency transactions
Anti-corruption court extends obligations for former Kyiv council land commission head
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended procedural obligations until September 9 for former Kyiv City Council land commission chairman Mykhailo Terentiev, a suspect in the “Clean City” land corruption investigation
Ukraine extradites former MP Ruslan Demchak from Germany
Ukrainian authorities have extradited former lawmaker Ruslan Demchak from Germany to face trial on charges of aiding stock market manipulation and laundering nearly UAH 20 million in illicit funds
Supreme Court sets cassation hearing in former Sumy police official case
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has scheduled a December 3 cassation hearing in the case of former Sumy police official Roman Shevchenko, who was sentenced to seven years in prison on corruption-related charges
Appeals court to review conviction of former Poltavapalyvo director
The Appeals Chamber of Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has opened appellate proceedings in the case of former Poltavapalyvo director Mykola Horiashchenko, who was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for abuse of office