HACC Schedules Hearing for Potalap Case

The High Anti-Corruption Court has scheduled a hearing for consideration of the case against Vyacheslav Potalap, a senior investigator of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police, for receiving illegal benefits.

To schedule a trial on the basis of the indictment in criminal proceedings on the charge (Potalapa – ed.) of committing a criminal offense under Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, for 1:00 p.m. on July 23, 2025 at the premises of the High Anti-Corruption Court

The court also refused to return the indictment to the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office. The case will be heard by a panel of judges consisting of: Oksana Oliynyk (presiding), Olga Salandyak, and Kateryna Shyroka.

Vyacheslav Potalap is a suspect in the EBK database.

As is known, NABU and SAPO conducted searches at the residence of Vyacheslav Potalap, a senior investigator of the Main Investigation Department of the National Police, and Andriy Hrytsan, a prosecutor of the Specialized Environmental Prosecutor's Office, in the case of requesting and receiving illegal benefits. In this case, the chief operational officer of the Strategic Investigations Department of the National Police, Oleksandr Maslov, was initially informed of the suspicion. Later, Potalap was also informed of the suspicion. NABU and SAPO requested that a preventive measure be applied to him.

We will remind you that the HACC extended the duties of Kutsenko and Chyzhelikov.