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The break has been announced until 2 September.
In the High Anti-Corruption Court, a session was held to choose a preventive measure for the head of Sense Bank's board, Oleksiy Stupak, who is implicated in the so-called Forest Gump case regarding illegal financial schemes.
This was reported by the Center for the Prevention of Corruption.
The SAP Prosecutor asked to take Stupak into custody with a possible bail of 150 million UAH. During his speech, the prosecutor described risks related to possible evasion, destruction of evidence, or obstruction of investigation by Stupak.
In particular, the materials of NABU speak of Stupak's influence over officials of other bodies, notably Financial Monitoring. According to the prosecutor, he adhered to conspiratorial measures, arranging meetings with a person named Mykytys in sparsely populated places. And the meeting place in Megamarket in Hodosivka village near Kyiv Stupak changed literally half an hour before the meeting.
Separately, the SAP prosecutor spoke about the suspect’s financial status. In particular, he lives in a gardening association territory, the land plot of which is valued at about half a million dollars. Stupak owns two apartments in the Tetris Hall residential complex, with an estimated value of about 28 million UAH, a plot of land, and two parking spaces in the Soho Residence complex.
Additionally, Stupak owns four vehicles, totaling 5,5 million UAH — including a luxury Maserati 2022 year, a Mercedes Benz 2017 year, a Volkswagen Touareg 2017 year, and an Indian motorcycle 2016 year.
Regarding income, from 2019 to 2026 year Stupak received 88 million UAH, with only in the nationalized Sense Bank — 83 million UAH.
After the prosecutor spoke, Stupak’s defender argued that what the case's defendants mention in conversations about Oleksiy does not mean it is about Stupak.
"Listen, this reminded the representatives of the State Bureau of Investigation, who in November last year were justifying themselves that 'the name Oleksiy is very common in Ukraine,' so they continue to clarify who this 'Lyosha' is on NABU's tapes, and it is not necessarily the director of the DRB, Oleksiy Sukhachov," said the attorney.
Updated. Stupak’s defenders asked the court to declare a recess in the proceeding, claiming that Stupak needs medical assistance due to a worsening illness.
The SAP prosecutor, in turn, stated that the defenders are delaying the consideration of the case.
Ultimately, Judge Nagachevskyi of the VAKS announced a recess in the session until 2 September.
Stupak faces suspicion in the case of laundering funds that were deposited as a bail for former Minister Herman Halushchenko. According to NABU, Stupak and Mykola Hladyschenko, in collusion with former MP Maksym Mykyitas, Deputy Head of the Office of the President Iryna Mudra, and other participants in a criminal group, ensured the deposit of 150 million hryvnias obtained by illegal means for Halushchenko, who is a suspect in the corruption case at Energoatom.
Part of the funds were routed through Sense Bank — the former Russian Alpha Bank, which became state-owned as a result of nationalization. To move the funds, automatic financial monitoring was turned off, and it was not conducted manually.
19 August the government removed Hladyschenko from his post. The Cabinet of Ministers also initiated the removal of Stupak.
20 August Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi said that the Ministry of Finance has been tasked by the government to intensify the process of selling Sense Bank.
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