Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
HACC extends obligations for ex-Supreme Court head accused of bribery
HACC extended obligations for former Supreme Court head Vsevolod Knyazev, accused of receiving a $1.8 million bribe, until May 26
HACC delivers verdict to ex-Odesa regional council deputy and ex-prosecutor
HACC found former Odesa regional council deputy Ivan Boichenko and ex-prosecutor Ivan Marakhovskyi guilty of receiving a $40,000 bribe
SAP refers case of ex-director of Khotyn National Park to court
SAP has referred to court the case of the former director of Khotyn National Park, Heorhii Popovetskyi, accused of receiving a $65,000 bribe
Ternopil MP registered property worth UAH 12 million
MP Lyudmyla Marchenko declared a house and land worth UAH 11.6 million, previously owned by her husband. She is implicated in a bribery case involving the "Shlyakh" system
NABU charges Defense Ministry major general with fraud
NABU accuses Major General Oleksii Bakumenko of illegally acquiring an apartment. The court set bail at UAH 242,000, restricted travel, and required him to surrender passports
Community head in Rivne region reinstated after suspension
Anatoliy Dmytrov resumed his role as Malyn community head after being suspended due to a criminal case. He is suspected of taking a bribe for a logging permit
Labor official demanded a bribe to conceal teen’s death
A labor official in Volyn demanded $5,000 to cover up a 15-year-old worker’s death. His intermediary was caught receiving the money. Both face up to 10 years in prison
Appeal returns $100,000 to head of Western Appellate Commercial Court
The HACC Appeals Chamber returned $100,000 to the head of the Western Appellate Commercial Court Maksym Zhelik, while keeping $171,000 under arrest
Appeal leaves bail for ex-deputy chief of General Staff unchanged
The HACC Appeals Chamber upheld the UAH 2 million bail for ex-deputy chief of the General Staff Radion Tymoshenko in the "Dzvin" automated system case
Appeal reduces bail for former head of Khmelnytskyi MSEC
The HACC Appeals Chamber kept ex-head of Khmelnytskyi MSEC Tetiana Krupa in custody but reduced her bail from UAH 230 million to UAH 130 million
Ex-justice official sentenced to 5 years for bribery
A former head of the registration service in Ternopil region was sentenced to 5 years in prison with asset confiscation for a 2015 bribery case
Scheme to evade service in military unit exposed in Lviv
Lviv military unit leaders took bribes to let soldiers work at car services instead of serving. Four organizers were exposed, with large sums of cash seized