HACC to start trial in MP Horvat land case
The High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled for consideration on the merits of criminal proceedings against MP Robert Gorvat and four other individuals for the seizure of land in Transcarpathia, which caused almost UAH 127 million in losses to the state.
This decision was made by the Supreme Court of Justice, media reports.
To schedule a trial in criminal proceedings on the charges of: (Kostiuchenko Volodymyr Viktorovych, Gorvat Robert Ivanovich, Melnychuk Svitlana Serhiivna, Shestakov Yuriy Oleksandrovych, Hanych Vitaliy Mykhailovych – ed.) in an open court session in the premises of the High Anti-Corruption Court. The trial shall be conducted by a single judge, with the participation of the authorized prosecutor, the accused, defense attorneys, and the representative of the victim.
Robert Gorvat is a figure in the EBK database.
In addition to Horvat, the following are accused in the case: former director of the state enterprise "Agroindustrial Firm "Leanka" Yuriy Shestakov, former head of the Main Department of the State Geocadastre in the Transcarpathian region Svitlana Melnychuk, director of LLC "STOV "Continent" Vitaliy Hanych, and lawyer Volodymyr Kostyuchenko.
Recall, NABU and SAPO reported suspicions to People's Deputy Robert Horvat and three other individuals. According to the investigation, in 2016-2019, the politician, having influence over officials of the State Geocadastre of Transcarpathia, developed a scheme to seize land plots with a total area of 323 hectares. These lands were in permanent use of the State Enterprise "Leanka".
According to the criminal plan, the director of the State Enterprise "Leanka" was to renounce the right to use the land and apply to the regional State Geocadastre with a corresponding application. After the termination of the right to use, the head of the regional State Geocadastre issued the land plots to predetermined individuals, who subsequently sold them to a company controlled by the organizer of the scheme. As a result of such actions, the state suffered more than 123 million UAH in losses.
