HACC Sets Bail for Ex-Cancer Institute Head Shypko

The High Anti-Corruption Court has imposed a preventive measure of UAH 30 million in bail on the former acting director of the National Cancer Institute, Andriy Shipko. The NABU and SAPO suspect him of involvement in the criminal organization of businessman Herman Fistal, which seized over UAH 231 million from a medical institution.

The motion is partially granted. A preventive measure in the form of a bail of UAH 30 million is applied to the suspect Shipko Andriy Fedorovych.

He is obliged to: arrive upon first demand; not leave Kyiv and Kyiv region without permission; report any change of residence and/or work; refrain from communicating with other suspects and witnesses, as well as other persons; not visit a certain list of premises; hand over foreign passports and wear an electronic bracelet.

Andriy Shipko is a suspect in the EBK database.

As a reminder, NABU and SAPO exposed a criminal organization that made money from purchases by the National Cancer Institute. According to the investigation, the de facto head of the largest group of medical equipment suppliers (over 300 company representatives) created a criminal organization, which included representatives of controlled companies and NIR officials.

The scheme involved several stages of ensuring non-competitive victory of controlled companies in public procurement of medical equipment by the NIR. In order to seize as much money as possible for the sale of medical equipment, its cost was artificially increased by 50% of the initial price due to the activities of the ZO: foreign companies affiliated with the organizer of the scheme were introduced into the supply chain, the completeness of the equipment was changed, etc. This is confirmed by a number of evidence collected by law enforcement agencies from 12 countries of the world, which were involved in the investigation within the framework of international cooperation.

During 2021-2022, during the procurement of medical equipment within the framework of the project "Creation of a modern clinical base for the treatment of oncological diseases in the NIR", the participants in the transaction seized funds worth over UAH 231 million.

We also wrote that a doctor from Kamyanske is suspected of bribery.