Court to Review In-Absentia Sentence in Former Prosecutor’s Case
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court will consider appeals against the verdict sentencing Serhiy Levin in absentia to 6 years in prison on charges of aiding and abetting in obtaining unlawful benefit. Recently, the proceedings against the former head of the Kirovohrad region prosecutor's office department, Svitlana Klyukina, were closed in this case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
As is known, the High Anti-Corruption Court found Levin guilty of aiding and abetting in obtaining unlawful benefit. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison with deprivation of the right to hold positions related to the performance of organizational and managerial or administrative and economic functions at state, municipal and private enterprises, a 3-year prison sentence and confiscation of all property owned by him. The accused himself and his defense attorney filed appeals
Open appeal proceedings on appeals against the verdict of the High Anti-Corruption Court of September 18, 2026. Set a deadline for the participants in the legal proceedings to submit objections to the appeal and new evidence by November 6, 2026
Svetlana Klyukina is a figurehead of the EBK base.
Recall, according to the prosecution, in 2016, the head of the procedural management department of the Kirovohrad region prosecutor's office, Svetlana Klyukina, with prior consent from an individual, Serhiy Levin, demanded and received an illegal benefit in the amount of $6,800 for withdrawing an appeal in a criminal case. In addition, detectives established the fact of forgery and theft of official documents.
