HACC Allows Defense in Shchigol Case to Continue Review
The higher anti-corruption court did not limit the defense in terms of the procedure for familiarization with the materials of the pre-trial investigation in the case of suspicion of the former head of the State Service for Special Communication and Information Protection Yuriy Shchygol, his ex-deputy Viktor Zhora and others in the seizure of state funds in the amount of more than UAH 62 million.
Such a decision was made by HACC.
Refuse the request. The decision enters into force from the moment of its announcement. The decision is not subject to separate appeal
Yurii Shchygol and Viktor Zhora are involved in the EBK database.
It will be recalled that NABU and SAP informed the head of the State Special Service Yury Shchygol, his deputy and others of the suspicion of embezzlement of state funds in the amount of over UAH 62 million. According to the investigation, in 2020, the owner of a group of companies, in collusion with the leadership of the State Special Communications Service, developed a scheme to seize budget funds allocated for the purchase of equipment and software.
We also wrote that the SBI suspects the ex-official of the Ministry of Defense of illegally writing off the fine.