Position: acting Director of Pivdendiproshacht SE.
Sphere of corrupt activity: coal industry.
Region of corruption activity: Kharkiv.
Qualification: Part 2 Art. 15, Part 5 Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (appropriation, waste of property or taking possession of it by abuse of official position).
The sanction of the article provides from 7 to 12 years of imprisonment and the right to hold certain positions.
Status: the court found Sevastyanov guilty of an attempt to seize money in a particularly large amount and sentenced them to imprisonment for 7 years and 5 months. The court also banned him from holding a number of positions and confiscated all his property.
The plot of the case: the investigation established that in November 2018, being familiar with the planned reorganization of SE "Pivdendiproshacht" through its merger with the "National Coal Company", Acting the director of the state-owned enterprise Yury Sevastyanov, in collusion with his deputy Oleksandr Tatarkin, created an artificial debt of the state-owned enterprise in the amount of UAH 7 million to a private company that was previously headed by the deputy director of the state-owned enterprise (before being appointed to the position of deputy). It is about LLC "Limited Edition".
Contracts for the provision of services were concluded "retroactively" in order to create the appearance that Tatarkin signed them as a director of the company "Limited Edition", although in fact at the time of the actual conclusion he already held a position in a state-owned enterprise.
Later, Sevastyanov and Tatarkin, using a promissory note settlement scheme in violation of the law, tried to illegally obtain UAH 7 million.
The higher anti-corruption court determined UAH 567,500 as a preventive measure for Sevastyanov.
In January 2024, it became known that the High Anti-Corruption Court closed the criminal proceedings regarding the accusation of the former acting director of the state enterprise "Pivdendiproshacht" Yury Sevastyanov for official forgery. He was continued to be accused of a completed attempt to seize 7 million hryvnias.
And already in February 2024, both perpetrators were found guilty of an attempt to seize money in a particularly large amount, that is, of committing a crime provided for in Part 2 of Art. 15, Part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
"According to the court's verdict, the former head of the state-owned enterprise was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, his deputy - 7 years and 3 months in prison," SAP said.
The court also banned Sevastyanov and his accomplice from holding a number of positions and confiscated all their property.
Persons potentially involved in corruption: Deputy director of the state enterprise "Pivdendiproshacht" Oleksandr Tatarkin.
In 2021, VACS sent Tatarkin under night house arrest.
He was also assigned the following duties: to arrive at the first request; not to leave outside the city of Kharkiv without permission; to report a change of residence and/or work; refrain from communicating with other suspects and witnesses, as well as hand over foreign passports.
The case dragged on for more than five years. And already in February 2024, the court found Tatarkin and Sevastyanov guilty of an attempt to seize money in a particularly large amount, that is, of committing a crime provided for in Part 2 of Art. 15, Part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
"According to the court's verdict, the former head of the state-owned enterprise was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison, his deputy - 7 years and 3 months in prison," SAP said.
The court also banned Tatarkin from holding a number of positions and confiscated all property.
Wealth: there is no information on Yuriy Sevastyanov's wealth on the NAZK website, however, the mass media reported that all his property was confiscated.
Scandals: in open sources there is no information about other scandals in which Sevastyanov appears.
Persons who should have reacted to corruption schemes during his tenure: in the case of Sevastyanov, law enforcement officers reacted in time.
Sources:
VAKS scheduled for consideration the case of seizure of funds of "Pivdendiproshacht"
The case of SE "Pivdendiproshacht": a preventive measure was chosen for the second suspect
Former heads of state-owned enterprises were exposed in an attempt to take over 7 million