Latest Anti-Corruption Updates

Court again extends obligations for former Lviv commercial court judge
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has again extended procedural obligations until September 14 for former Lviv Commercial Court judge Vasyl Artymovych, who is suspected of influence peddling

Anti-corruption court extends obligations for Vinnytsia SSU officer
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended procedural obligations until September 14 for SSU officer Viacheslav Katerynych, who is on trial for allegedly accepting an improper benefit

Appeals court to review conviction of Kyiv lawyer Oleksii Nosov
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court Appeals Chamber has scheduled an August 3 hearing to review the conviction of Kyiv lawyer Oleksii Nosov, who was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for offering a $200,000 bribe to SAPO prosecutors

SAPO chief reports threats against expert in Dynasty case
Head of Ukraine’s Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office Oleksandr Klymenko said a forensic expert involved in the Dynasty corruption case had been threatened and pressured to withdraw from the proceedings. Investigators are examining the alleged interference as part of a criminal investigation

Court extends procedural obligations for MP Anna Skorokhod
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended procedural obligations until September 20 for Member of Parliament Anna Skorokhod in an ongoing bribery investigation

Anti-corruption court extends obligations for former Lviv commercial court judge
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended procedural obligations until September 14 for former Lviv Commercial Court judge Vasyl Artymovych, who is suspected of influence peddling

Former Burevisnyk defense plant director faces new corruption charges
Ukrainian investigators have filed new charges against the former director of the state-owned Burevisnyk defense plant, accusing him of dismantling factory equipment for scrap sales and concealing more than UAH 24 million in assets in his declarations

Anti-corruption court confiscates Kyiv apartment linked to former Poltava tax chief
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered the confiscation of a Kyiv apartment worth UAH 2.24 million linked to former acting head of the Poltava Regional Tax Service Alla Riabkova, ruling it an unjustified asset

Ternopil resident charged over $15,000 influence-peddling scheme
Ukrainian prosecutors have charged a Ternopil region resident with accepting a $15,000 bribe in exchange for promising to influence judges and police so that a drunk-driving suspect could avoid imprisonment

Acting NAAS institute director to stand trial over financial losses
Prosecutors have sent to court the case against the acting director of a National Academy of Agrarian Sciences institute in Zakarpattia, accusing her of official forgery and abuse of office that allegedly caused nearly UAH 680,000 in state losses

Soldier and accomplice charged over bribery scheme to facilitate desertion
Ukrainian prosecutors have charged a serviceman and his accomplice with attempting to organize desertion by bribing a military commander. Both suspects have been placed in pre-trial detention with the option of bail

Mykolaiv road company director suspected of embezzling public funds
Ukrainian police have charged the director of a road construction company in Mykolaiv with allegedly embezzling public funds by approving false road repair documents, causing more than UAH 581,000 in losses