HACC Sentences Ex-MP Kryuchkov to 15 Years in Prison

The High Anti-Corruption Court has issued a verdict against former MP Dmytro Kryuchkov in the case of his organization of the appropriation of funds of the companies Cherkasioblenergo JSC and Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo JSC.

This was reported by the press service of the Supreme Court of Ukraine and the Anti-Corruption Center. Kryuchkov was sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of all property.

However, Kryuchkov himself went abroad at the beginning of last year and did not return. The reason for leaving was that he has five children. Before that, he would go away for a few days and return, but on February 15 he went abroad and did not return.

It is reported that he participated in the meetings via video link and stated that he had the right to permanent residence in Monaco.

The judges also found Kryuchkov's accomplice, former acting chairwoman of the board of Cherkasioblenergo PJSC, Svitlana Kuzminska, guilty. She was sentenced to 8 years in prison with confiscation of half of her property.

In addition to imprisonment, the court satisfied the civil claims in the case and applied special confiscation: UAH 468 million - special confiscation from Energomerezha and Kryuchkov; over UAH 27 million - Kryuchkov must pay in favor of JSC Odesa CHP; over UAH 21 million - Kryuchkov must pay in favor of Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo; UAH 14 million - Kryuchkov and Kuzminska must pay jointly in favor of Cherkasioblenergo. The defendants were also charged UAH 415 thousand in court costs.

We remind you that, according to the prosecution, in 2015-2016, officials of PJSC "HC "Energomerezha", PJSC "Cherkasioblenergo", PJSC "Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo", acting in the interests of a private company - PJSC "HC "Energomerezha", in violation of the requirements of the Law of Ukraine "On Electric Power Industry", by signing agreements on debt transfer and replacement of the debtor, by abusing their official position, seized funds that were supposed to be transferred to PJSC "Cherkasioblenergo", PJSC "Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo", and also carried out financial transactions with the aim of legalizing such funds.

The total losses to energy supply companies in the case amount to over UAH 1.5 billion, of which over UAH 315 million was compensated during the pre-trial investigation.

It was previously reported that the Supreme Court will consider an appeal against the sentence against the head of Interpol.

We also wrote that the Appeals Court will consider the appeal against the sentence of the SSU operative.