HACC lowers bail in ex-State Special Communications case
The High Anti-Corruption Court reduced the bail from UAH 20 million to UAH 18 million for the former director of the state enterprise "Ukrainian Special Systems" Artur Vitrenko in the case of the former head of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection Yuriy Shchyhol.
As is known, the anti-corruption court imposed a preventive measure in the form of a bail of UAH 30 million on Vitrenko. Later, his bail was reduced first to UAH 25 million, then to UAH 24 million, and then to UAH 20 million. Vitrenko's defense lawyer requested that the preventive measure be changed again.
The preventive measure in the form of a bail in the amount of UAH 20,000,000 shall be changed in terms of the amount of the bail, namely, the amount of bail for the accused (Vitrenk – ed.) shall be reduced to a level sufficient to ensure the fulfillment by the accused of the obligations stipulated by the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, to an amount of UAH 18,000,000.
Yuriy Shchygol is a suspect in the EBK database.
As a reminder, NABU and SAPO reported suspicions to the head of the State Service for Special Communications Yuriy Shchyhol, his deputy and others of embezzlement of state funds in the amount of over 62 million UAH. According to the investigation, in 2020, the owner of a group of companies, in collusion with the management of the State Service for Special Communications, developed a scheme to embezzle budget funds allocated for the purchase of equipment and software.
