Court Extends Obligations for Former Mukachevo Official

The High Anti-Corruption Court extended the term of office of the former head of the municipal property and land relations department of the municipal economy department of the Mukachevo City Council of the Transcarpathian region, Artur Samilyak, until February 16, 2025.

As is known, the anti-corruption court arrested Samilyak. As an alternative, they set a bail of UAH 5 million, which was paid for him. Therefore, the suspect was subject to the following obligations: to arrive at the first call; not to leave the Transcarpathian region without permission; to report a change in his place of residence and work; to refrain from communicating with suspects and witnesses in this criminal proceeding; to hand over his foreign passports and to wear an electronic bracelet.

The court later lifted the obligation to wear an electronic bracelet, as Samilyak was never fitted with one. The prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office requested that the remaining obligations be continued.

The prosecutor's motion to extend the term of the duties assigned to the suspect (Samilyak - ed.) - to be granted. To extend the term of the duties assigned to the suspect for two months. To set the term of the duties assigned to the suspect until February 16, 2025

As a reminder, NABU and SAPO detained Mukachevo Mayor Andriy Baloga and former People's Deputy Mykhailo Lanyo. According to the investigation, the Mayor of Mukachevo ensured the adoption of a decision at a session of the City Council to sell a plot of land at a price almost 9 times lower than the original price to a private company, the actual controller of which is the Chairman of the District Council, former People's Deputy Mykhailo Lanyo.

The basis for this was an expert monetary valuation with an understated value of the plot, for which the owners of the appraisal company were bribed. As a result of such transactions, land with a market value of 84.6 million UAH was sold for only 9.6 million UAH.

Despite such a meager price, the mayor, by personal decision, also granted the company a 6-month payment deferral. The losses to the territorial community amount to UAH 74.9 million. Later, they were informed of the suspicion.

Earlier it became known that the Supreme Court of Ukraine arrested the former head of the Lviv Regional Economic Court on bail.

We also wrote that the former head of the State Service for Food and Consumer Protection of Lviv Region took up a new position.