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11 September, the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) issued a decision regarding Member of Parliament Vadym Stolar. He is one of the figures in the high-profile "Forrest Gump" case.
Stolar was ordered to post bail in the amount of 300 million hryvnias without pretrial detention. The politician faces up to 15 years of imprisonment. This was reported by sources from Ukrainska Pravda in business circles.
What is Vadym Stolar suspected of?
The HACC also obliged Stolar to:
appear when summoned by NABU, the prosecutor, and the court;
not travel outside Ukraine without permission;
refrain from communicating with persons specified by the court;
not visit premises specified in the ruling;
notify about any change of residence;
surrender foreign passports and other documents for leaving Ukraine.
These obligations will remain in effect until 11 November 2026.
Vadym Stolar was indicted in absentia on charges of creating a criminal organization, unlawful seizure of property, document forgery, and unauthorized interference with information systems.
According to investigators, Stolar, together with former MP Maksym Mykytas, led a "criminal organization" that prepared raider takeovers of companies and buildings in Kyiv, hacked state registers, and bribed law enforcement officers and judges.
8 September, the MP returned to Ukraine.
19 August, he confirmed that law enforcement officers had conducted searches at his residence.
Recall that in 2019–2022 he headed the Kyiv chapter of the banned party OPZZh and repeatedly appeared in journalistic investigations related to capital construction projects.
What is known about the "Forrest Gump" operation
19 August, NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office announced a large-scale special operation called "Forrest Gump."
Investigators uncovered a corruption scheme that involved laundering 150 million hryvnias in cash to pay bail for former energy and justice minister Herman Halushchenko in the "Midas" case.
In addition to Vadym Stolar, the case’s figures include former Deputy Head of the Office of the President Iryna Mudra and former MP Maksym Mykytas.
Court hearings concerning other figures in this scheme have been ongoing for several weeks.
Earlier, the HACC Appeals Chamber left former head of the Office for Combating Raiding Viktor Dubovyk in custody with bail.
A preventive measure was also chosen for former chairman of the board of Sense Bank, Oleksii Stupak.
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