Latest Anti-Corruption Updates
Former Kolomyia judge sentenced to five years for bribery
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has sentenced a former Kolomyia district court judge to five years in prison for accepting a $1,200 bribe in exchange for closing a drunk driving case, along with partial confiscation of his property
Former Energoatom executive receives new suspicion in Midas case
Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau has issued a new suspicion against former Energoatom executive Dmytro Basov, alleging he laundered more than UAH 30 million in illicit proceeds through luxury assets and cryptocurrency transactions
Anti-corruption court extends obligations for former Kyiv council land commission head
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended procedural obligations until September 9 for former Kyiv City Council land commission chairman Mykhailo Terentiev, a suspect in the “Clean City” land corruption investigation
Ukraine extradites former MP Ruslan Demchak from Germany
Ukrainian authorities have extradited former lawmaker Ruslan Demchak from Germany to face trial on charges of aiding stock market manipulation and laundering nearly UAH 20 million in illicit funds
Supreme Court sets cassation hearing in former Sumy police official case
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has scheduled a December 3 cassation hearing in the case of former Sumy police official Roman Shevchenko, who was sentenced to seven years in prison on corruption-related charges
Appeals court to review conviction of former Poltavapalyvo director
The Appeals Chamber of Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has opened appellate proceedings in the case of former Poltavapalyvo director Mykola Horiashchenko, who was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for abuse of office
Appeals court to review conviction of Rivne regional council deputy head
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court Appeals Chamber has scheduled an August 17 hearing to review appeals against the nine-year prison sentence imposed on Rivne Regional Council Deputy Chairman Serhii Svystaliuk in a corruption case
Appeals court schedules hearing in former Volyn deputy case
The Appeals Chamber of Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled a September 3 hearing to review appeals against the conviction of former Volyn Regional Council member Valentyn Koshelnyk, who received a 3.5-year prison sentence for influence peddling
Supreme Court to review Dovzhenko Film Studio corruption case
Ukraine’s Supreme Court has opened cassation proceedings to review the convictions of former Dovzhenko Film Studio chief engineer Tymofii Parkhomenko and former company director Maksym Minchuk, who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for corruption-related offenses
Anti-corruption court extends obligations for Lviv judge Bilous
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended procedural obligations until September 6 for Lviv district court judge Yurii Bilous, who remains a defendant in a corruption-related criminal case
Court extends obligations for ex-MP Mykytas in Defense Ministry case
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended procedural obligations until August 30 for former lawmaker Maksym Mykytas and his former aide Serhii Yakusevych in a case involving the alleged embezzlement of UAH 307 million from the Defense Ministry
Anti-corruption court extends obligations for AMCU head Kyrylenko
Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has extended procedural obligations until August 30 for Antimonopoly Committee Chairman Pavlo Kyrylenko and his wife Alla in a case involving alleged illicit enrichment and false asset declarations