Latest Anti-Corruption Updates

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

Court keeps former Ternopil regional council head Golovko in detention
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered former Ternopil Regional Council head Mykhailo Golovko to remain in Kyiv pre-trial detention until the deadline for filing a cassation appeal expires following his corruption conviction

Two Poltava clinic accountants suspected of embezzling UAH 13 million
Ukrainian prosecutors have charged two former accountants of a Poltava clinic with allegedly embezzling nearly UAH 13 million by falsifying payroll records and inflating salary payments

Anti-corruption court approves plea deal in former Health Minister case
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has approved a plea agreement with Hryhorii Chyzhyk in the corruption case linked to former Health Minister Maksym Stepanov. The defendant agreed to compensate damages, cooperate with investigators, and received an eight-year prison sentence suspended with probation