HACC extended the duties of the Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy

The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) extended until December 1 the term of the duties imposed on Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy Taras Vysotskyi, who is suspected of embezzlement in the amount of 62.5 million hryvnias.

The court imposed a preventive measure on Vysotskyi in the form of bail in the amount of 4.99 million hryvnias, and also imposed a number of obligations on him: to appear at the first request, not to leave Ukraine without the court's permission, to notify about a change of place of residence and work, refrain from communicating with certain persons and hand over foreign passports. After the deposit was reduced, the list of duties remained unchanged. The SAP prosecutor requested an extension of the validity period of these duties, and the court granted his request.

The request of the prosecutor of the SAPS to extend the period of validity of the procedural duties entrusted to the suspect (Vysotsky - ed.), within the framework of criminal proceedings, is to be granted. Extend the period of validity of the duties assigned to the suspect in connection with the application of a preventive measure in the form of bail for 2 months, i.e. until December 1, 2024 inclusive

Earlier, NABU and SAP reported the suspicion to First Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy Taras Vysotskyi and ex-Deputy Minister of Economy Oleksandr Hryban. Vysotsky is charged with involvement in abuses during two purchases of pasta as humanitarian aid, which caused losses of 62.5 million hryvnias. Hryban is charged with one episode of causing damage of 33.7 million hryvnias.

We will remind you that Taras Vysotskyi and Oleksandr Hryban are involved in the EBK database.