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At the residence of Kyiv Commercial Court judge Serhiy Stasiuk, searches were conducted as part of the anti-corruption operation "Femida". The judge's family owns property worth 27 million hryvnias — an apartment and parking spaces in a premium residential complex on Pechersk, a new minivan in the most expensive configuration, and two suburban houses near Kyiv. According to the investigation, Stasiuk could have received 10 thousand of an unnamed currency in exchange for issuing a needed ruling in favor of former MP Maksym Mykyitas and current MP Vadym Stoliar.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau reported the searches at the judge’s request to Slidstvo.info. In August, NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office exposed a criminal organization led by Mykyitas and Stoliar, which, according to law enforcement, was engaged in raiding companies with valuable assets. One of the firms the organizers allegedly aimed to seize was "Philosophy of Development" — it was to be used to seize land and the building of the former Arsenal plant.
According to the investigation, to help gain control over this company, Kyiv Commercial Court judge Serhiy Stasiuk issued an order suspending the company’s then-director. As outlined in NABU’s released recordings, Stasiuk was allegedly to be paid 10 thousand of an unnamed currency for this. At the same time, NABU noted that his possible involvement in the crimes attributed to the suspects is currently being verified.
"The facts, circumstances, transactions with third parties mentioned in your request, including the origin of funds, loan agreements, purchase and sale of real estate and securities, are currently the subject of verification within the ongoing criminal proceedings," wrote Natalya Mazur, the lawyer for the judge’s wife.
The lawyer representing Stasiuk’s wife, Kseniya Kuchmasova, declined to answer journalists' questions about the client’s property and income, citing an open criminal case. Whether this answer concerns the very case being investigated by NABU is not known.
A large-scale case against judges and MPs unfolded.
The "Femida" operation became one of the most high-profile anti-corruption special operations in recent months. According to the investigation, the criminal organization led by Mykyitas and Stoliar seized assets of companies totaling over 248 million hryvnias, and also sought control over Kyiv real estate valued at over 207 million hryvnias.
The scheme, as asserted by law enforcement, involved breaking into state registries, forging court decisions and property rights documents, and bribing judges to obtain the required decisions in property disputes. The case with Judge Stasiuk is not the first instance where investigators uncover assets that do not align with the official incomes of the defendants.
Earlier, Informator reported that searches within the Femida operation were also conducted in two Supreme Court judges — head of the Administrative Cassation Court Ihor Dashutyn and head of the Commercial Cassation Court Larysa Rohach. The DEJURE Foundation then reported that those involved were bribing judges to obtain the necessary rulings in asset-control disputes.
We also wrote that NABU released a new set of recordings in this case, describing a raiding scheme in the capital involving over 500 million hryvnias. According to the investigation, current and former MPs, high-ranking officials from the President’s Office, the Ministry of Justice, a judge, and hackers could be involved.
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