HACC releases former Donetsk RSA official on UAH 4 mln bail
Four million hryvnias in bail was paid for the former director of the housing and communal services department of the Donetsk Regional State Administration, who is suspected of embezzling and misappropriating over 140 million hryvnias for the reconstruction of heat and water supply in Svyatohirsk, Selydove, and Ukrainska.
This is reported by Public Donbas with reference to the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court.
According to the information contained in the court ruling of the HACC dated November 27, NABU detectives requested that the former director of the Housing and Utilities Department of the Donetsk Regional State Administration be placed in custody for 60 days, with the right to post bail in excess of 50 million hryvnias.
The prosecution justified its motion by saying that the suspect could hide from the investigation, influence witnesses, and obstruct the investigation.
In turn, the suspect's lawyer asked the court to impose a preventive measure in the form of bail, and in the event of detention, to determine the minimum possible amount of bail.
The court partially granted NABU's request and chose a preventive measure in the form of a bail of 4 million hryvnias.
Also, the former director of the Housing and Utilities Department of the Donetsk Regional State Administration must, within two months: appear at the request of the prosecutor or court; report a change of residence; wear an electronic bracelet; surrender his passport; remain in Uzhhorod; and refrain from communicating with witnesses.
We will remind, earlier the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office exposed a criminal group that embezzled more than UAH 140 million of budget funds intended to provide heat and water to frontline cities in the Donetsk region .
In addition, the Security Service of Ukraine and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau recently dismantled a large-scale scheme operating in two regions of the country. Criminals embezzled 102 million budget hryvnias from the production of dynamic protection for tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
