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9 years of imprisonment: VAKS handed down a verdict against MP Yurchenko
The High Anti-Corruption Court delivered a verdict in the case concerning the “perks” of People’s Deputy from Servant of the People Oleksandr Yurchenko.
The court found Yurchenko guilty and sentenced him to 9 years of imprisonment, stripped him of the right to hold certain offices for 3 years, and ordered the confiscation of his property.
The verdict was issued by a panel of judges consisting of Oksana Oliynyk, Kateryna Sikora, and Vira Mykhailenko.
Yurchenko is accused of having, in a veiled manner, asked his assistant Fishchenko to deliver 10 thousand dollars (perks) to him and 200 thousand for committee members in exchange for passing legislative changes in favor of a foreign company.
The case has been before the court since 2021. In 2024, due to the replacement of one of the judges on the panel, the trial had to be restarted from the beginning. This summer there was a risk of another restart due to a possible change in the panel’s composition, but the judges managed to hear the case before that happened.
He is the third current member of parliament to receive an actual prison term.
Earlier, the court sentenced MP Hunka to 4 years and MP Marchenko to 2 years.
The verdict can be appealed.
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