HACC Removes Bracelet from Zhelizniak

The High Anti-Corruption Court removed the electronic bracelet, but extended until November 23 the term of the duties assigned to the former head of the production structural unit "Cherkasy Track Repair and Mechanical Plant" of the branch "Center for Repair and Operation of Tracked Vehicles" of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" Roman Zheliznyak.

As is known, the anti-corruption court extended Zheliznyak's arrest. An alternative was set at UAH 5 million in bail. Later, the court extended the arrest and last reduced the bail to UAH 1.5 million. On April 7, these funds were deposited and the suspect was released from custody. He was assigned the following obligations: to appear at the first request; not to leave the city of Cherkasy without permission; to report any change in his place of residence and place of work; to refrain from communicating with suspects and witnesses; to hand over his foreign passports and to wear an electronic bracelet.

The prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office asked the court to extend these duties for another two months. However, the court partially supported the request and removed the electronic bracelet from Zheliznyak.

The motion is partially granted. To extend the term of the suspect (Zheliznyak – ed.) of the obligations stipulated in Part 5 of Article 194 of the Criminal Procedure Code until November 23, 2025 inclusive, but not longer than the term of the pre-trial investigation.

Roman Zheliznyak is a suspect in the EBK database.

As a reminder, NABU and SAPO detained the former head of the Ukrzaliznytsia branch. According to the investigation, during 2021–2022, an organized group took possession of the funds of JSC Ukrzaliznytsia by abusing their official position by officials PSU of the Cherkasy KRMZ branch of the Central Railways of Ukraine. Five members of the organized group were informed of the suspicion.

In 2021, the former director PSU of the Cherkasy KRMZ branch of UZ, with the aim of illegal enrichment, formed an organized group from among the current and former employees of the plant. During April 2021 - February 2022, he achieved the election of pre-determined companies as winners of the procurement of services for the repair of rail vehicles. However, such repairs were not actually carried out, and members of the organized group forged documents that indicated that work was supposedly performed by a number of enterprises with signs of fictitiousness. As a result, UZ suffered losses in the amount of UAH 17.1 million, which were taken over by the participants in the crime.

We also wrote that the court reduced the bail of former deputy prosecutor Maksymenko.