HACC Reduces Bail for Olenych in Komarnytskyi Case

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The High Anti-Corruption Court has reduced the bail amount set for former Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Petro Olenych from UAH 14 million to UAH 13 million. NABU and SAPO suspect him of involvement in the land case of businessman Denys Komarnytsky.

The motion is partially granted. The preventive measure in the form of bail, applied to the suspect (Olenich - ed.), and changed by the decision of the investigating judge dated 07.05.2025 in the case in the amount of 14,000,000 UAH, is changed to a preventive measure in the form of bail in the amount of 13,000,000 UAH

– the decision states.

As is known, the High Anti-Corruption Court arrested Olenych with the alternative of 15 million UAH bail. These funds were paid and he was released from custody. Later, the bail was reduced to 14 million UAH. Olenych's defense lawyer again filed a motion to change the preventive measure.

As a reminder, NABU and SAPO have handed over suspicions to 10 individuals, including Denys Komarnytskyi , Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Petro Olenych, Head of the Kyiv City Council Standing Committee on Architecture, Urban Planning and Land Relations Mykhailo Terentyev and member of this committee Olena Marchenko. According to the investigation, the government officials were engaged in illegal privatization of land for construction. In addition, they tried to take full control of the procedure for making decisions on granting land rights.

We also reported that the Administrative Court of the HACC will consider Golovko's complaint.