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General of the SBU Vityuk is doing everything possible to avoid having his case heard in the HACC
Today, 10 September, the High Anti-Corruption Court was forced to announce a recess in the preparatory hearing in the case of the former head of the SBU Cyber Defense Department, Illia Vityuk, due to the defense’s motion to transfer the case to another court.
The judge partially granted the defense’s motion and heard only the SAP prosecutor.
Interestingly, the defense asked to postpone the hearing not only because of the jurisdiction issue but also citing an alarm in Kyiv, which by that time no longer existed.
In addition, the defense had problems signing the online documents acknowledging rights and obligations — ironic, since Vityuk is the former head of the special service’s Cyber Defense Department.
❗️Vityuk himself did not come to court and joined online, allegedly because he is on a business trip. It gives the impression that the SBU general does not want to be physically present in the courtroom because of the public interest in this case.
Earlier, during consideration of the motion to impose a preventive measure on Vityuk, he and his defense also insisted that another court hear the case. But the investigating judge refused, considering Vityuk a subject of NABU.
Recall that the SAP and NABU accuse the senior SBU official Vityuk of illegal enrichment and declaring false information.
According to the investigation, Vityuk purchased an apartment in Kyiv for 21,6 million UAH and registered it in his wife’s name. At the same time, under the contract its value is 12,8 million UAH.
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