Ex-PGO prosecutor Kulyk appeals arrest in UAH 641m case
Former Deputy Head of the Department of International Legal Cooperation of the Prosecutor General's Office, Kostyantyn Kulyk, has appealed his arrest in absentia in the context of a case of embezzlement of UAH 641 million. An in absentia investigation will be conducted against him.
As is known, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office reported in absentia the suspicion of Kulyk in the framework of the case of embezzlement of over UAH 641 million. The Supreme Court of Criminal Appeals arrested him in absentia, and therefore the suspect's defense lawyer filed an appeal against this decision.
From the materials of the appeal, it was established that the contested decision of the investigating judge granted the motion of the NABU detective, agreed with the SAPO prosecutor, and selected (Kulyk - ed.) a preventive measure in the form of detention for the suspect in the commission of a criminal offense provided for in Part 5 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, and it was also determined that after the latter's detention, no later than 48 hours from the time of his delivery to the place of criminal proceedings, the issue of applying the selected preventive measure in the form of detention or changing it to a milder preventive measure shall be considered by the investigating judge, the court with his participation in the procedure established by law
NABU and SAPO also asked the court to grant permission to conduct an in absentia investigation against Kulyk.
To grant permission to conduct a special pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings against (Kulyk – ed.), who is suspected of committing a criminal offense under Part 5 of Article 27 Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
Konstantin Kulyk is a suspect in the EBK database.
Recall, according to the investigation, Oschadbank appealed to the State Fiscal Service with a complaint about the decision to collect taxes. The suspect at that time, the first deputy head of the State Fiscal Service, Serhiy Bilan, having the exclusive right to sign decisions based on the results of the consideration of complaints and acting in favor of the enterprise, intentionally did not sign the finished draft of the relevant decision within the established period. As a result, the complaint was automatically satisfied, and the budget missed the opportunity to collect taxes and penalties in the amount of more than 641 million UAH.
We also previously reported that NABU and SAPO have completed investigating the case of Serhiy Bilan's suspicion of abuse.
After that, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office sent an indictment to the court against Serhiy Bilan for embezzlement of over UAH 641 million.
