HACC Assigns Free Defenders to Onyshchenko and Pavlenko

The High Anti-Corruption Court has appointed free defense attorneys to former MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko and financial manager Olena Pavlenko, whom the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office accuses of embezzling funds from JSC Ukrgazvydobuvannya.

To involve defense lawyers from the Northern Interregional Center for Providing Free Legal Aid in Considering the Indictment in Criminal Proceedings to defend the accused (Onyshchenko and Pavlenko)
– the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice states.

Oleksandr Onishchenko is a figure in the EBK database.

Previously, the HACC refused to merge the criminal proceedings against former MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko and financial manager Olena Pavlenko with the case of co-organizer Valeriy Postny and others for misappropriation of funds from JSC Ukrgazvydobuvannya.

In addition, the High Anti-Corruption Court acquitted the judge of the Commercial Court of Kharkiv Region, Tetyana Denisyuk, of charges of abuse related to the gas case of former MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko.