Position: attorney at Miller law firm (founder - Masi Nayem).
Sphere of corruption activity: law enforcement.
Region of corruption activity: the city of Kyiv.
Qualification: Nosov's actions were qualified under part 3 of Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (offer, promise or provision of an unlawful benefit to an official in collusion).
Status: at large.
The story of the case: on June 4, 2024, law enforcement officers in Kyiv exposed a lawyer who tried to pay a $200,000 bribe to SAP prosecutors and NABU detectives. He wanted the case of the official under his protection to be transferred to another pretrial investigation body.
As the mass media noted, a lawyer who belongs to one of the capital's bar associations is defending in court an official of "Ukrenergo" involved in the embezzlement of electricity worth UAH 716 million. According to a number of mass media, it was about the lawyer Oleksiy Nosov, who works at the law firm "Miller" Masi Nayem.
The lawyer offered these funds to the prosecutors of the SAP and NABU detectives for the decision to transfer the criminal proceedings against his client in the case of the seizure of electric energy of PJSC NEC Ukrenergo and the legalization of the funds received from its sale in the amount of UAH 716 million to another body of pre-trial investigation.
The investigation concerns the theft of electricity at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in March 2022. Then the person involved in the case created a scheme to legalize the funds withdrawn from "Ukrenergo" and sold energy, withdrawing the money to the accounts of a foreign company controlled by the organizer of the scheme, who is also a business partner of a participant in the case of NABU and SAP on embezzlement of PrivatBank funds.
Later, NABU reported that "Ukrenergo" never received payment for electricity. In January 2024, law enforcement officers detained the organizer of the scheme, an ex-official of the company, the chairman of the board of the bank involved in the scheme, and the director of a private company. The court seized 716 million hryvnias of legalized funds and informed the suspects about the suspicions.
A bribe from Nosov was offered for making a decision to change the jurisdiction in the case of his client, business partner Igor Kolomoiskyi, Mykhailo Kiperman, i.e. for transferring the criminal proceedings to another pre-trial investigation body.
The press service of the legal company "Miller" reacted to the arrest of the lawyer and announced the termination of any relations with him and assistance in the investigation by the law enforcement officers.
The company is severing any relationship with Oleksiy Nosov, we will take appropriate legal action as soon as Oleksiy is in touch. We are making every effort to establish the truth and will contribute to the official investigation. Our lawyers, representatives and team members cannot and will not speak the suspect's defenders neither publicly nor within the framework of criminal proceedings
According to the SAP, the lawyer's actions were classified as Part 3 of Art. 369 of the Criminal Code (offer, promise or provision of an unlawful benefit to an official in collusion).
Subsequently, the Higher Anti-Corruption Court (HAC) chose a preventive measure against the lawyer Oleksiy Nosov, namely - they set a bail of UAH 12 million. Nosova was forbidden to leave the borders of the Kyiv region and Kyiv without the permission of the detective, the prosecutor and the court, and was also obliged to:
- to appear at every request to the detective, the prosecutor and the court;
- notify the detective, the prosecutor and the court about a change of place of residence and place of work;
- refrain from communication with the persons specified in the decision of the investigating judge;
- to deposit with the relevant state authority your passport/passports for traveling abroad, other documents giving the right to leave Ukraine and enter Ukraine;
- wear an electronic means of control.
In September 2024, it became known that the Board of Judges of the Appellate Chamber of the Higher Anti-Corruption Court partially satisfied the appeal against the seizure of the property of lawyer Oleksiy Nosov.
Thus, the court canceled the seizure of non-cash funds in his wife's account and non-cash funds in the accounts of Oleksiy Nosov himself. Regarding other property, the court refused to lift the seizure.
In November 2024, it became known that the High Anti-Corruption Court scheduled a hearing on November 19 in the case of the indictment of lawyer Oleksiy Nosov in the offer of a bribe to NABU and SAP in the case of businessman Mykhailo Kiperman.
Such a decision was made by HACC.
To appoint a preliminary court hearing in the criminal proceedings on the charge (Olexia Nosova - editor) of committing a criminal offense provided for in Part 3 of Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, at 10:00 a.m. on November 19, 2024, in the premises of the High Anti-Corruption Court
On November 21, 2024, the High Anti-Corruption Court refused to close the criminal proceedings against the lawyer Oleksiy Nosov in offering a bribe to NABU and SAP in the interests of businessman Mykhailo Kiperman. Also, the court did not return the indictment to the prosecutor.
Refuse to grant the request of the defense attorney to close the criminal proceedings on the indictment (Olexia Nosova - editor)... Refuse to grant the request of the defense attorneys to return the indictment to the prosecutor in the criminal proceedings on the indictment (Nosova - editor)
Persons potentially involved in the corruption scheme: Nosov's client Mykhailo Kiperman may be involved in criminal activity, although he himself completely denies his involvement.
Assets: Oleksiy Nosov did not publicly publish current declarations.
Persons who should have responded to corruption schemes: law enforcement agencies responded in time to the criminal activity of Oleksiy Nosov. In particular, the SAP is dealing with the case.
Scandals: before the emergence of the corruption scheme, Oleksiy Nosov was not noticed as a figure in other scandals.
Sources:
In Kyiv, a lawyer tried to pay a bribe of $200,000 to NABU and SAP employees
NABU EXPOSED THE LAWYER FOR OFFERING A BRIBE OF 200 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE "UKRENERGO" CASE
The court announced a decision regarding the scandalous lawyer Nosov: a huge bail was set