Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
Zakarpattia hospital staff suspected in UAH 9.5 million fraud scheme
Hospital executives and doctors in Zakarpattia are suspected of falsifying patient treatment records, allowing the facility to unlawfully receive over UAH 9.5 million from Ukraine’s National Health Service
HACC seizes Deputy PM Kuleba’s apartment and parking space
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court seized an apartment and parking space belonging to Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba, worth nearly UAH 5 million, in an asset forfeiture case tied to alleged illicit enrichment
HACC extends obligations for ex-Vice Prime Minister Chernyshov
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court extended procedural obligations for former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov until August 4 in a corruption case involving abuse of office and unlawful benefits
Hospital chief accountant charged in Chernihiv region
A hospital chief accountant in Chernihiv region has been charged with negligence after investigators found more than UAH 340,000 in unjustified salary bonuses paid to medical staff
HACC lowers bail in ex-State Special Communications case
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court reduced bail from UAH 20 million to UAH 18 million for former state enterprise director Artur Vitrenko in the embezzlement case involving ex-State Special Communications chief Yurii Shchyhol
Dnipro officials to stand trial over gas procurement fraud
Prosecutors in Dnipro completed an investigation into a company director and a university official accused of causing nearly UAH 1.2 million in losses through fraudulent natural gas procurement contracts
Appeals court to review case of ex-Kherson regional official
The Appeals Chamber of the HACC scheduled a July 29 hearing to review appeals against the conviction of former Kherson Regional Administration official Svitlana Vasina and two co-defendants in a corruption case
Supreme Court sets hearing in ex-SSU investigator case
Ukraine’s Supreme Court scheduled a September 10 hearing in the cassation appeal of former SSU investigator Serhii Hlivinskyi, sentenced to nine years in prison for extortion and bribery
Supreme Court refuses to suspend Shershak sentence
Ukraine’s Supreme Court denied a request to suspend the execution of the sentence against Sumy judge Mykola Shershak, who was sentenced to seven years in prison for accepting a bribe
Appeals court orders arrest of ex-MP Ivaniushchenko in absentia
The Appeals Chamber of the HACC ordered the in absentia detention of former MP Yuriy Ivaniushchenko in a case involving the alleged misappropriation of state-owned land worth more than UAH 160 million beneath Kyiv’s Stolychnyi market
SAPO appeals verdict against former district court head
The Appeals Chamber of the HACC opened proceedings on appeals filed by both the defense and SAPO against the conviction of former Oleksandrivka District Court chairman Pavlo Ivchenko, who was fined UAH 93,500 for influence peddling
Supreme Court sets hearing in Denysiuk case
Ukraine’s Supreme Court scheduled a September 22 hearing on SAPO’s cassation appeal against rulings that acquitted Kharkiv Commercial Court judge Tetiana Denysiuk in a case linked to ex-MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko’s gas scheme