VAKS released former Presidential Office advisor Artem Shyl from punishment in the case of embezzling Ukrzaliznytsia funds

The High Anti-Corruption Court released former Presidential Office advisor Artem Shyl from eight years’ imprisonment under a plea agreement, imposing a three-year probationary period. Recall, he is suspected of embezzling 94,8 million hryvnias from Ukrzaliznytsia.

This was reported by the High Anti-Corruption Court, as learned by KV.

It is noted that on 13 October 2026 the High Anti-Corruption Court approved a plea agreement concluded with the former advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine. He was found guilty of criminal offenses under part 3 of Art. 27, part 5 of Art. 191 and part 3 of Art. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

“For the aggregate of criminal offenses, the court imposed a sentence of 8 years’ imprisonment with deprivation of the right to hold positions related to the exercise of organizational-managerial or administrative-economic powers in military formations and law enforcement agencies for a term of 3 years, and also a fine in the amount of 204 million hryvnias,” the report says.

At the same time, pursuant to Art. 75 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the former advisor was released from serving the custodial sentence with probation and a probationary period of 3 years was established. He was also imposed with corresponding obligations, in particular to periodically appear for registration with the authorized probation authority, to notify of any change of residence, work, or study, and not to leave Ukraine without that authority’s consent.

Under the agreement, the defendant assumed the following obligations:

to compensate damages in the amount of 60 million hryvnias;

to transfer 80 million hryvnias to the fund of the charitable organization “International Charitable Foundation ‘Come Back Alive’”;

to provide incriminating testimony regarding other persons in this and related criminal proceedings

In addition, the court applied special confiscation and recovered into the state’s revenues three apartments in Kyiv with a total area of 388,1 sq. m, as well as cash in the amount of 325,78 million hryvnias.

The verdict may be appealed within thirty days from the date of its pronouncement by filing an appeal through the High Anti-Corruption Court to the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court.

VAKS does not disclose the defendant’s surname, but the circumstances of the case indicate Artem Shyl.

As KV wrote, in April 2024 law enforcement announced the exposure of an organized group led by former Presidential Office advisor Artem Shyl, whose activities resulted in the embezzlement of 94,8 million hryvnias of Ukrzaliznytsia funds during the procurement of transformers.