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The High Anti-Corruption Court handed down a verdict in a case involving damages of 160 million UAH, but the guilty party did not receive actual punishment due to statutes of limitations
A panel of judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court found former first deputy director of the state enterprise UkrAerorukh Serhiy Hombolevskyi guilty in a case concerning 160 million UAH in damages.
The court sentenced Hombolevskyi to 5 years of imprisonment and fined him 12 750 UAH. In addition, it prohibited him from holding certain positions for 3 years.
The court also partially granted the civil claim and recovered 70 million UAH from Hombolevskyi in favor of the state enterprise.
❗️At the same time, the court released Hombolevskyi from punishment due to expiration of the statute of limitations.
The fact is that the crime Hombolevskyi is accused of was committed in 2016.
At that time, first deputy Kasyanenko and deputy director Hombolevskyi, ignoring warnings from the Ministry of Infrastructure, continued to make payments through the problematic PJSC Platinum Bank.
They also did not withdraw the state enterprise’s funds from the accounts. So when the bank was declared bankrupt, the state enterprise lost its money. Thus, the actions of the former UkrAerorukh officials resulted in 160 million UAH in damages.
Proceedings against Kasyanenko were suspended due to illness.
This is already the second consecutive verdict without actual punishment: last week the High Anti-Corruption Court also released former deputy chairman of the board of OGHK Yurii Pertsev from criminal liability due to expiration of the statute of limitations.
Recall that bill No. 15453 is registered in the Rada, which removes the possibility of avoiding criminal liability in this way by closing all loopholes in the statutes of limitations.
👉 But Zelensky’s deputies are in no hurry to pass it, demonstratively declaring it and a number of other EU-integration bills “not relevant.”