HACC sets bail for Supreme Court judges in bribery case
The High Anti-Corruption Court has chosen preventive measures for two Supreme Court judges in a case involving a bribe of $2.7 million for a decision in favor of the owner of the Finance and Credit Group. This was reported by the press service of the High Anti-Corruption Court .
The suspects are Iryna Grigor'yeva and Ihor Zhelezny. The prosecutor's office requested preventive measures in the form of bail. At the same time, Ihor Zhelezny's lawyer requested that a preventive measure in the form of a personal bond be applied to him, arguing that the client needs to pay for expensive treatment, as well as rent.
In the end, the Supreme Court of Ukraine set bail for Iryna Grigorieva at UAH 2.5 million. The court also set bail for Ihor Zhelezny at UAH 2 million.
The suspects have five days to post bail. They were also ordered to appear at every request of law enforcement officers or the court, not to leave Kyiv without permission, to report any change of residence, to refrain from communicating with other suspects, and to surrender their foreign passports.
As a reminder, on May 19, it became known that NABU and SAPO were conducting searches at the Supreme Court as part of an investigation into a corruption case. Subsequently, the anti-corruption authorities announced that they had expanded the circle of suspects in large-scale corruption involving the former head of the Supreme Court. These include three current Supreme Court judges, as well as a retired Supreme Court judge.
According to the investigation, in the spring of 2023, businessman and owner of the Finance and Credit Group, Kostyantyn Zhevago, passed a bribe of $2.7 million to the judges of the Supreme Court through a lawyer. With this money, the judges were supposed to make a decision in Zhevago's interests. This involved ownership rights to over 40% of the shares of the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant (PGZK) Ferrexpo.
In May 2023, the then-Chairman of the Supreme Court, Vsevolod Knyazev, was suspected in this case .
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