Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
Hospital chief accountant charged in Chernihiv region
A hospital chief accountant in Chernihiv region has been charged with negligence after investigators found more than UAH 340,000 in unjustified salary bonuses paid to medical staff
HACC lowers bail in ex-State Special Communications case
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court reduced bail from UAH 20 million to UAH 18 million for former state enterprise director Artur Vitrenko in the embezzlement case involving ex-State Special Communications chief Yurii Shchyhol
Dnipro officials to stand trial over gas procurement fraud
Prosecutors in Dnipro completed an investigation into a company director and a university official accused of causing nearly UAH 1.2 million in losses through fraudulent natural gas procurement contracts
Appeals court to review case of ex-Kherson regional official
The Appeals Chamber of the HACC scheduled a July 29 hearing to review appeals against the conviction of former Kherson Regional Administration official Svitlana Vasina and two co-defendants in a corruption case
Supreme Court sets hearing in ex-SSU investigator case
Ukraine’s Supreme Court scheduled a September 10 hearing in the cassation appeal of former SSU investigator Serhii Hlivinskyi, sentenced to nine years in prison for extortion and bribery
Supreme Court refuses to suspend Shershak sentence
Ukraine’s Supreme Court denied a request to suspend the execution of the sentence against Sumy judge Mykola Shershak, who was sentenced to seven years in prison for accepting a bribe
Appeals court orders arrest of ex-MP Ivaniushchenko in absentia
The Appeals Chamber of the HACC ordered the in absentia detention of former MP Yuriy Ivaniushchenko in a case involving the alleged misappropriation of state-owned land worth more than UAH 160 million beneath Kyiv’s Stolychnyi market
SAPO appeals verdict against former district court head
The Appeals Chamber of the HACC opened proceedings on appeals filed by both the defense and SAPO against the conviction of former Oleksandrivka District Court chairman Pavlo Ivchenko, who was fined UAH 93,500 for influence peddling
Supreme Court sets hearing in Denysiuk case
Ukraine’s Supreme Court scheduled a September 22 hearing on SAPO’s cassation appeal against rulings that acquitted Kharkiv Commercial Court judge Tetiana Denysiuk in a case linked to ex-MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko’s gas scheme
HACC rejects request for in absentia probe against Shurma
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court denied prosecutors permission to conduct an in absentia investigation against former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Rostyslav Shurma in a UAH 141 million green tariff embezzlement case
Appeal court upholds Dovzhenko Studio verdict
The Appeals Chamber of the HACC upheld prison sentences for former Dovzhenko Film Studio chief engineer Tymofii Parkhomenko and ex-company director Maksym Minchuk, who were taken into custody in the courtroom
Court extends obligations for former Border Guard chief
The HACC extended procedural obligations until July 26 for former State Border Guard Service head Serhii Deineko in a bribery case. Similar restrictions remain in force for two other suspects