Appeal in ex-Odesa official bribery case set for July 3

The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled a hearing on July 3 on the appeal against the verdict, which found former deputy head of the Izmail local prosecutor's office of the Odessa region Ivan Marakhovsky and former deputy of the Odessa regional council Ivan Boychenko guilty of receiving $40,000 in illegal benefits.

As is known, the anti-corruption court found Marakhovsky and Boychenko guilty. They were sentenced to 8 and 10 years in prison, respectively. The defense filed appeals against this verdict.

To complete preparations for the appeal hearing on the appeals. To schedule the appeal hearing in an open court session in the premises of the Appellate Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court at 10:00 on July 3, 2025

Ivan Boychenko is a figure in the EBK database.

According to the prosecution, in 2017, Deputy Head of the Izmail Local Prosecutor's Office of the Odessa Region Ivan Marakhovsky, in a preliminary collusion with the deputy of the Odessa Regional Council Ivan Boychenko, demanded and received from the director of a business company an illegal benefit in an especially large amount - 40 thousand dollars (as of the day of the crime, 1.07 million UAH).