An Apartment for 21,6 Million Hryvnias and Suspicions of Illegal Enrichment: Vityuk’s Case Remains at the High Anti-Corruption Court

The Appeal Chamber of the Specialized Anti-Crob Crime Prosecutor's Office (VAKS) considered the defense counsel for the former head of the SBU's Department of Cyber Defense Ilya Vityuk's motion to change the jurisdiction of the case.

This is reported by TSN (Center for Political and Legal Studies).

The court ruled to keep the case with VAKS.

The defense asked to transfer the case to the Solomiansky District Court of Kyiv, arguing that at the time of the alleged crimes Vityuk did not belong to the defendants under VAKS jurisdiction.

They say that only the last alleged episode was committed while he held the rank of brigadier general of the SBU.

The prosecutor from SAP opposed transferring the case and submitted written objections to the court.

Ultimately, the Appeal left the case with VAKS, which will finally be able to resume the preparatory hearing.

The last preparatory hearing was in September, but it was postponed pending a ruling on jurisdiction.

As a reminder, SAP and NABU accuse the high-ranking SBU official Vityuk of illegal enrichment and declaring false information.

According to the investigation, Vityuk bought an apartment in Kyiv for 21,6 million hryvnias and registered it in his wife’s name. The contract, however, values it at 12,8 million hryvnias.