Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
Vinnytsia priest suspected of taking $14,000 to help evade mobilization
Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have charged a Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest in Vinnytsia with accepting a $14,000 bribe after allegedly promising to help a draft-eligible man avoid military mobilization through supposed contacts at a territorial recruitment center
High Anti-Corruption Court schedules trial of appellate commercial court judge
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled the substantive trial of Northern Commercial Court of Appeal judge Liudmyla Kropyvna, who is charged with illicit enrichment and filing false asset declarations
Anti-corruption court extends detention of Pavlohrad Chemical Plant chief, lowers bail
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended the pre-trial detention of Pavlohrad Chemical Plant CEO Leonid Shyman until September 25 in a case involving the alleged embezzlement of more than UAH 102 million, while reducing his alternative bail to UAH 20 million
Officials uncover UAH 2.1 million fraud in National Guard timber procurement
Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have charged a National Guard logistics official and two entrepreneurs with embezzling more than UAH 2.1 million through inflated firewood procurement contracts for a military unit
Lviv land agency chief remanded in custody with UAH 89.8 million bail
Kyiv’s Pechersk District Court has placed the head of the Lviv regional StateGeoCadastre office, Andrii Kavetskyi, in pre-trial detention with an alternative bail of UAH 89.8 million over allegations that he attempted to bribe a National Agency on Corruption Prevention official
Anti-corruption court convicts former agriculture ministry official but waives sentence
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has found former Agriculture Ministry official Olena Polishchuk guilty of influence peddling and sentenced her to three years in prison, but exempted her from serving the sentence due to the expiration of the statutory limitation period
Anti-corruption court schedules trial in Pushcha-Vodytsia land case
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled the trial of former state enterprise official Oleh Levchenko, who is accused of organizing the illegal acquisition of more than 1,200 hectares of land near Kyiv, to begin on August 18
SAPO withdraws appeal in former Kirovohrad court chairman case
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court Appeals Chamber has closed appellate proceedings after both the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office and the defense withdrew their appeals against the conviction of former district court chairman Pavlo Ivchenko
Appeals court upholds UAH 150 million bail for former energy minister
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court Appeals Chamber has upheld the UAH 150 million bail set for former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko in the Midas corruption case, rejecting appeals from both the defense and prosecution
Lviv land registry chief charged over attempted bribery of NACP official
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation has charged the head of the Lviv Regional Land Registry with attempting to bribe a National Agency on Corruption Prevention official by offering $30,000 to influence the outcome of a lifestyle monitoring review
Anti-corruption court orders attendance of former border guard officer
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered the appearance of former border guard officer Oleksandr Marushchak in upcoming hearings, allowing him to participate via video conference while undergoing medical treatment
Supreme Court refuses to suspend sentence of former Sumy village head
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has rejected a defense request to suspend the prison sentence of former Bytytsia village head Yurii Tsapliienko, who was convicted alongside a former legal adviser in a fraud case