Based on materials from the State Bureau of Investigation and the National Anti-Corruption Commission suspected in illegal enrichment of the former Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine. The suspicion of illegal enrichment of over 97 million hryvnias was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office.
Let us remind you that in December 2024 SBI officers detained him and reported him on suspicion in participation in a criminal organization, participation in crimes committed by such an organization, as well as in receiving a bribe (Part 1 of Article 255 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, Part 2 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine as amended by Law No. 2341-III of 05.04.2001).
It was then established that the former judge, now a lawyer, was part of a criminal organization that included judges, lawyers, arbitration managers, court employees, and other individuals who built a "business" on court decisions.
They made “necessary” decisions for bribes, mainly in economic disputes. The organizer of the “business” – the former chairman of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine – illegally interfered in the distribution of cases and transferred them for consideration exclusively to “his” judges, who carried out the “wishes” of the customers.
The State Bureau of Investigation transferred to the National Anti-Corruption Commission the collected materials for monitoring the lifestyle of the former Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine.
According to the results of monitoring, the NACP found in the actions of the defendant signs of illicit enrichment in the amount of over 97 million UAH, which he and his proxies could not have obtained from legal sources of income.
While in office, he personally and his family became the owners of 6 apartments, 5 garages, one non-residential premises in the elite residential complexes "Novopecherskie Lypky" and "Tetris Hall", 3 cars, 13 land plots, corporate rights in 2 legal entities, as well as 60 thousand US dollars in bank accounts.
It was established that the defendant used an illegal scheme to legalize income obtained illegally as a member of a criminal organization - under the guise of fictitious entrepreneurial activity of close persons, declaring artificial and unconfirmed income allegedly for providing educational services, psychological services, etc. These funds were subsequently used to purchase the above-mentioned assets in order to conceal (disguise) their real origin and give them the appearance of being legal.
Thus, the former Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine was notified of suspicion of committing a criminal offense under Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - acquisition of assets, the value of which exceeds the non-taxable minimum income of citizens by more than 6 times and exceeds his legal income.
The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of up to 10 years.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Within the framework of international cooperation, evidence of the illegal acquisition of assets by the defendant and his proxies is being collected not only in Ukraine, but also abroad - in particular, in Austria, Turkey, the UAE, etc.
The actions of the person involved and his or her proxies are also checked for signs of legalization of property obtained through criminal means.
We would like to remind you that the indicated person is currently in custody as part of another criminal proceeding being investigated by the State Bureau of Investigation for an attack on the economic security of Ukraine in the interests of an aggressor state.
The defendant was informed of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 28, Part 1 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (as amended by Law No. 2341-III of 05.04.2001).
Within the framework of the same criminal proceedings, suspicion was previously reported to the current judge of the Commercial Court of Kyiv and to the former top state leadership.
According to the investigation, back in 2011, the aggressor state involved the then president, prime minister, and judge of the Kyiv Commercial Court in subversive activities against Ukraine, as well as heads of various levels of the judicial system, in particular the former Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine, who at that time headed the Kyiv Appeal Commercial Court.
The goal was to create artificial grounds for direct financing of the Russian Ministry of Defense from the State Budget of Ukraine. High-ranking officials involved the leadership of the judicial system and a judge of the Kyiv Commercial Court in recovering $405,5 million in favor of the Russian Federation based on an unlawful court decision.
According to the developed scheme, in August 2012, the Russian Ministry of Defense filed a lawsuit with the Kyiv Commercial Court against the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine to recover over UAH 3 billion to repay the debt of one of the Ukrainian business entities for the supply of natural gas back in 1996–1997.
Despite the expiration of the statute of limitations, the lack of state guarantees for the company's debts, and even the lack of confirmation of the existence of debt as of 2012, the court upheld the claim and ruled to recover over UAH 3,1 billion from any account of the State Budget of Ukraine in favor of the Russian Federation.
As a result of the implementation of this decision, part of the funds were recovered from Ukraine in favor of the Russian Federation. After the start of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and the change of government, the aforementioned decision was overturned by another judge in 2014, but the illegally recovered funds could not be returned - according to the investigation, they were used to finance the so-called "SVO".
