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The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court 18 in August allowed a special pretrial investigation in the case of the former deputy head of the Office of the President, his close relative, and a former executive of PJSC Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo. The case concerns the former deputy Andriy Yermak Rostyslav Shurma and his brother Oleh, suspected of embezzling funds under the “green” tariff.
The panel of judges of the APP VAKS considered the prosecutor’s appeal against the ruling of the investigative judge of VAKS dated 28 May 2026, which denied the initiation of a special pretrial investigation regarding three individuals. This was reported by the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court.
Following the consideration, the panel of judges of the AP VAKS granted the prosecutor’s appeal, cancelled the ruling of the investigative judge of VAKS, and granted the application to conduct a special pretrial investigation regarding the suspects. The decision became final from the moment of proclamation and is not subject to cassation.
According to the pretrial investigation body, these persons are suspected of organizing the appropriation of funds in a particularly large amount and their legalization, as well as actions aimed at concealing and masking the illegal origin of such funds. This concerns alleged corruption in the “green” tariff.
Why the case is being investigated in absentia
A special pretrial investigation is used when suspects are hiding from law enforcement and court, or are outside Ukraine and do not appear upon its request. Rostyslav Shurma has repeatedly stated that he does not hide from the investigation, although he resides in Germany.
The decision of the AP VAKS gives the investigation the ability to conduct procedural actions against the suspects without their personal participation, accelerating the progress of the case on the green tariff scheme in the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region, despite the fact that the subjects are outside access to Ukrainian justice.
Manipulations with the "green" tariff on 141 million UAH
Earlier Informator reported that the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the wanted list for Rostyslav Shurma and his brother Oleh at the request of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau. The date of the brothers’ disappearance in the MVS search list was 12 February 2026.
We also wrote that the High Anti-Corruption Court 21 in April, in absentia, chose a preventive measure in the form of detention for Shurma and his brother. According to the investigation, the suspects appropriated funds intended for payments under the “green” tariff, and the total amount of the payments exceeds 141 million hryvnias.
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