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⚡️The High Anti-Corruption Court approved a plea agreement with former high-ranking SBU official Shylo in a case of embezzlement at Ukrzaliznytsia
The High Anti-Corruption Court handed down a verdict approving a plea agreement between the SAP prosecutor and former Presidential Office adviser and former head of an SBU department Artem Shylo in a case concerning the misappropriation of funds from Ukrzaliznytsia.
Shylo was found guilty and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions for 3 years.
At the same time, the court exempted Shylo from serving the sentence and imposed 3 years of probation.
In addition, Shylo must pay a fine of 204 million UAH, reimburse damages in the amount of 60 million UAH, and transfer 80 million UAH to the Come Back Alive fund.
The agreement also provides for the application of special confiscation to Shylo’s assets, namely:
🔹 apartment with an area of 183,5 square meters, two apartments with an area of 102,3 square meters;
🔹 funds in the amount of 325,7 million UAH.
According to the investigation, during the years 2021–2022 an organized group led by Shylo misappropriated Ukrzaliznytsia funds during purchases of cables (losses of 140 million UAH) and transformers (losses of 100 million UAH) at inflated prices.
According to NABU and the SAP, Shylo was the leader of the organized group and also laundered over 175 million UAH obtained from the criminal schemes, spending it on the purchase of luxury real estate.