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The episode involving 500 thousand dollars in the case of former Vice Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov has been reclassified from illegal enrichment to money laundering — an especially grave crime, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) reported.
This was told to EP by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office in response to the lawyer's statement requesting the exclusion of this episode from the indictment.
Chernyshov’s defense lawyer, Oleksandr Rusyn, earlier told Ukrainski Novyny that NABU had removed one of the three episodes of illegal enrichment. The lawyer called this a de facto admission of a "mistaken accusation."
SAPO confirmed the change in the suspicion but denied that explanation. According to the prosecutors, after the initial notification of suspicion the investigation obtained evidence of the criminal origin of part of the funds.
This concerns the acquisition and use of 500 thousand dollars to finance the construction of residences in a cottage community near Kyiv. These actions have now been qualified under Article 209 of the Criminal Code — legalization of property obtained by criminal means — and included in the "Dynasty" episode.
"The basis for changing the suspicion was not a 'mistaken accusation,' as the suspect’s defense counsel stated to journalists, but the qualification of one of the episodes of receiving funds as a more serious criminal offense," SAPO emphasized.
Thus, the investigation's claims regarding this sum remain, although their legal qualification has changed. In the 'Midas' case, Chernyshov is currently accused of both illegal enrichment and money laundering.
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