Court Extends Restrictions on SSU Officer Accused of Land Seizure

The High Anti-Corruption Court extended until the end of the case consideration the term of the duties assigned to the employee of the Security Service of Ukraine Vitaliy Oborsky in the case of the seizure of more than 13 hectares of particularly valuable land in the village of Hatne, Kyiv-Svyatoshyn district, Kyiv region, which belonged to the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences.

As is known, the anti-corruption court found nine defendants guilty in the case of land grabbing in Hatne, near Kyiv. In particular, the court found Oborsky guilty of organizing this crime and sentenced him to 8 years in prison with the confiscation of 2/3 of his property.

He was also given the following obligations: to appear before the court upon each request; to notify the court of any change in his place of residence and place of work; to wear an electronic bracelet; not to leave the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region without the permission of the prosecutor or the court; and to keep his passport in custody.

The SAPO prosecutor asked the court to extend the term of the obligations.

The prosecutor's motion is granted. To extend the term of the duties stipulated in Part 5 of Article 194 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and imposed on the accused (Oborsky - ed.) on the basis of the verdict of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court of December 13, 2024 until the verdict enters into legal force or another court decision is made regarding his accusation on the merits of the appeals

We remind you that, according to the prosecution, officials of the NAAS and its structural divisions, an advisor to the NAAS Presidium from the Security Service of Ukraine, the Main Directorate of the State Land Agency in the Kyiv region, from September 2013 to September 2014, intentionally, for selfish motives, through the abuse of official position by an official, seized 138 land plots (total area 13.2564 hectares) located on the territory of the Hatnya village council of the Kyiv-Svyatoshyn district of the Kyiv region.

According to the SAPO, the indicated lands were formed as a result of the seizure of 15.12 hectares of particularly valuable land from the State Enterprise "Chabany", and their market value at the time of transfer to private ownership was UAH 42.55 million.

In addition, as the SAPO added, the above-mentioned individuals also intended to acquire 6 more land plots with a total area of ​​0.581 hectares, the market value of which at the time of formation was 1.43 million UAH.

We previously wrote that People's Deputy Bondar did not pay UAH 100 million in bail in the UZ case.

It also became known that the Supreme Court extended the suspension of a Logistics Forces official.