HACC Arrests Former Head of Lviv Economic Court with Bail Option

The High Anti-Corruption Court took into custody the former chairman and retired judge of the Commercial Court of Lviv Region, Mykhailo Yurkevich, with the alternative of UAH 12 million in bail.

This decision was made on December 23 by the investigating judge of the Supreme Court of Ukraine Vitaliy Kryklyvyi.

The motion is partially granted. To apply a preventive measure in the form of detention for a period of 60 days to the suspect Mykhailo Vasyliovych Yurkevich, i.e. until February 20, 2025 inclusive. To take the suspect Yurkevich into custody immediately in the courtroom

At the same time, an alternative bail of UAH 12 million was determined for suspect Yurkevich.

If the funds are deposited, he will be released from custody and will be given a number of obligations: to appear upon first demand; not to leave the Lviv region without permission; to report any change of residence and work; to refrain from communicating with other suspects and persons specified in the decision; to hand over foreign passports and wear an electronic bracelet.

We remind you that NABU and SAPO reported the suspicion to the former and current heads of the Economic Court of Lviv Region .

According to the investigation, the suspects promised to ensure the adoption of "necessary" decisions in court cases of the Western Commercial Court of Appeal for $1 million, as well as to prevent the contract killing of a whistleblower. During the investigation, detectives and prosecutors documented the transfer of part of the ill-gotten gains in the amount of $75,000.

We also previously wrote that the court arrested the former head of the Lviv Regional Economic Court, Vasyl Artimovich.