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The Higher Anticorruption Court changed the preventive measure for the former head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, and allowed him to travel around Ukraine even more freely.
What exactly did the court change On Monday, 10 August, the investigative judge of the Higher Anticorruption Court partially granted the defense's motion for Andriy Yermak. It concerns the suspect in the legalization of property obtained by criminal means during the construction of a private cottage town near Kyiv. Previously Yermak did not have the right to leave Kyiv and Kyiv region without the permission of the investigator, prosecutor, and court. Now the list of permitted territories has been significantly expanded. 'Yes, the obligation not to leave without such permission the jurisdiction of the investigator, prosecutor, and the court of Kyiv city and Kyiv region has been replaced with the obligation not to leave within the borders of Kyiv city, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions with the possibility of transit through other regions,' the SAT (Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office) noted. Why did the court make this decision The prerequisite for the defense's appeal to the court was the simultaneous receipt by the SAP and NABU of several similar letters from commanders of military units. They were written in the interests of the suspect. The defense argued that the need to travel to additional regions was connected with Yermak's participation in a project providing legal assistance to servicemen. The SAP said that the prosecutor opposed granting the motion. The justification was that the duties that were previously imposed on the suspect did not hinder the implementation of the project, since in it he acts as a manager, not a lawyer who directly provides legal assistance. Yermak case It should be recalled that NABU and the Specialized Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office are investigating a case of possible money laundering during the construction of an elite cottage town in Kozyn village, Kyiv region. According to the investigation, around 460 million hryvnias could have been laundered. Prosecutors believe that an ex-head of the Office of the President could have been involved in the activities of the organized group. As detectives established, in 2020 year then-Minister for Community and Territorial Development Oleksiy Chernyshov initiated the construction of a private cottage complex with a spa area. He allegedly recruited persons influential in political and economic processes in the state as co-investors. The construction was carried out through a housing and construction cooperative controlled by the former deputy prime minister. Financing came from several sources: from controlled companies with signs of fiction and cash from structures that the investigation associates with corruption schemes in the energy sector.
Among the suspects in the case, besides Andriy Yermak: Oleksiy Chernyshov, businessman Timur Mindich, and four other individuals. Yermak himself denies all accusations. The actions of the defendants were qualified as legalization of property obtained by criminal means in especially large amounts. Meanwhile, 19 in May it became known that a full bail was posted for Andriy Yermak — 140 million hryvnias, after which he was released from detention under procedural obligations.
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