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7 years of imprisonment: AP of the High Anti-Corruption Court left unchanged the verdict against the former deputy of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council
On 22 September 2026 the Appeals Panel of the High Anti-Corruption Court upheld the position of the SAP prosecutor and left unchanged the High Anti-Corruption Court’s verdict of 21 January 2022 against former deputy of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council M. Kharkaviy.
Thus, the former deputy was found guilty of committing an attempted completed fraud and of instigating the provision of an improper benefit in the amount of 50 thousand US dollars, that is, of committing the crimes provided for in part 2 of art. 15, part 4 of art. 190 and part 2 of art. 15, part 4 of art. 27, part 4 of art. 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
He was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions for three years and with confiscation of property.
The ruling takes legal effect from the moment of its pronouncement and may be appealed by cassation directly to the Supreme Court within three months.
Case details:
During the pre-trial investigation it was established that the former deputy of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council acted with intent to seize the property (funds) of the acting director of the communal enterprise “Kamianets-Podilskyi Specialized Boarding School I–III Degrees ‘Slavutynka’” of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council in especially large amounts by means of deception (fraud) and by instigating the offering and giving of an improper benefit to officials, namely deputies of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council.
Thus, for 50 thousand US dollars, which were allegedly to be handed to the deputies, the former official promised to facilitate the appointment to the position of director of the communal enterprise, as well as to prevent inspections of that enterprise.
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