Anti-corruption court extends obligations for ex-Lviv commercial court chief

The High Anti-Corruption Court extended until August 26 the term of office of the former head of the Commercial Court of Lviv Region Mykhailo Yurkevich in the case of abuse of influence and bribery.
As is known, the anti-corruption court continued the arrest of Yurkevich, but reduced his alternative bail from 6 to 3 million UAH. These funds were paid and he was released from custody. The suspect was given the following obligations: to appear at the first request; to report a change in his place of residence and place of work; to refrain from communicating with other suspects and witnesses regarding the circumstances set forth in the report of suspicion; to hand over his international passports for safekeeping.
The prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office again requested to extend these obligations for another two months.
The request of the SAPO prosecutor to extend the term of office shall be granted. The suspect (Yurkevych) shall have his term of office extended for two months.
Mykhailo Yurkevich is a figure in the EBK database.



