Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
Kyiv region suspects charged over bribery scheme helping soldiers desert
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation has uncovered an organized group that allegedly accepted bribes to help servicemen leave their military units, evade service and obtain forged documents, with the suspects now placed under investigation
Supreme Court postpones cassation hearing for former State Judicial Administration chief
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has postponed until September 22 the cassation hearing in the case of former State Judicial Administration head Oleksii Salnikov, who was sentenced to three years in prison for influence peddling
Anti-Corruption Court schedules trial of former Prosecutor General’s Office official Kulyk
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled the merits hearing for August 7 in the criminal case against former Deputy Head of a Prosecutor General’s Office department, Kostiantyn Kulyk, who is accused of abuse of office
Vinnytsia priest suspected of taking $14,000 to help evade mobilization
Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have charged a Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest in Vinnytsia with accepting a $14,000 bribe after allegedly promising to help a draft-eligible man avoid military mobilization through supposed contacts at a territorial recruitment center
High Anti-Corruption Court schedules trial of appellate commercial court judge
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled the substantive trial of Northern Commercial Court of Appeal judge Liudmyla Kropyvna, who is charged with illicit enrichment and filing false asset declarations
Anti-corruption court extends detention of Pavlohrad Chemical Plant chief, lowers bail
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended the pre-trial detention of Pavlohrad Chemical Plant CEO Leonid Shyman until September 25 in a case involving the alleged embezzlement of more than UAH 102 million, while reducing his alternative bail to UAH 20 million
Officials uncover UAH 2.1 million fraud in National Guard timber procurement
Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have charged a National Guard logistics official and two entrepreneurs with embezzling more than UAH 2.1 million through inflated firewood procurement contracts for a military unit
Lviv land agency chief remanded in custody with UAH 89.8 million bail
Kyiv’s Pechersk District Court has placed the head of the Lviv regional StateGeoCadastre office, Andrii Kavetskyi, in pre-trial detention with an alternative bail of UAH 89.8 million over allegations that he attempted to bribe a National Agency on Corruption Prevention official
Anti-corruption court convicts former agriculture ministry official but waives sentence
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has found former Agriculture Ministry official Olena Polishchuk guilty of influence peddling and sentenced her to three years in prison, but exempted her from serving the sentence due to the expiration of the statutory limitation period
Anti-corruption court schedules trial in Pushcha-Vodytsia land case
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled the trial of former state enterprise official Oleh Levchenko, who is accused of organizing the illegal acquisition of more than 1,200 hectares of land near Kyiv, to begin on August 18
SAPO withdraws appeal in former Kirovohrad court chairman case
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court Appeals Chamber has closed appellate proceedings after both the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office and the defense withdrew their appeals against the conviction of former district court chairman Pavlo Ivchenko
Appeals court upholds UAH 150 million bail for former energy minister
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court Appeals Chamber has upheld the UAH 150 million bail set for former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko in the Midas corruption case, rejecting appeals from both the defense and prosecution