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Meanwhile, the former minister’s lawyers criticize the prosecution for a "business approach."
Prosecutor Vitalii Rybalkin said that the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office is asking to transfer 150 million hryvnias posted as bail for a defendant in the "Midas" and "Forrest Gump" investigations, former energy and justice minister Herman Halushchenko, to the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA), hromadske reports. Those funds are currently physical evidence; they have been converted to "non-cash form" and are held in the High Anti-Corruption Court’s treasury account.
When ARMA receives the money, it will be able to buy bonds with it and protect it from inflation. Rybalkin named the grounds for such a transfer: the amount exceeds the statutory threshold, which is more than 300 subsistence minimums, and the fact that the funds are seized.
"Money that is physical evidence is deposited into the investigative authority’s deposit account. But if it’s a large amount, so as not to lose its value because inflation quickly 'eats' it, the Criminal Procedure Code provides for transfer to ARMA for management," the prosecutor explained. "They buy bonds at 17%. The state will receive these 150 million with a bond and can use them for something useful. Plus the interest, so that inflationary factors do not affect the value of this seized physical evidence."
Halushchenko’s defense lawyers criticized the SAP for a "business approach."
Recall that in August NABU and SAP announced a number of suspicions as part of the anti-corruption investigation "Forrest Gump." The investigation established that members of the criminal organization, including former MP and developer Maksym Mykytas, MP from the former OPZZh Vadym Stolar, and former Deputy Head of the Office of the President Iryna Mudra, ensured the legalization of 150 million hryvnias obtained criminally, which were later used to pay bail for one of the defendants in the "Midas" case. Preliminary reports identify the defendant as former energy and justice minister Herman Halushchenko. Controlled companies and the management of the state-owned "Sense Bank" were also involved in the scheme.
The investigation also believes that those accused in "Forrest Gump" illegally seized expensive real estate in Kyiv by forging documents, including court decisions and property titles. The value of the assets of the enterprises they took over in the fall of 2025 is more than 248 million hryvnias.
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