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The High Anti-Corruption Court selected a preventive measure for SBU General Serhii Duka. The suspect was sent to a detention facility with the right to post bail.
He is a figure in the anti-corruption authorities’ operation "Carthage." This was reported by the Anti-Corruption Action Center.
What is known about the court’s decision?
On Friday, 6 November, a judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine chose a preventive measure for the suspect Serhii. Serhii Duka will remain under arrest with the right to post bail in the amount of 65 million hryvnias.
The official is suspected of participating in a criminal organization carried out by an official using his official position. The court hearing was accompanied by heightened security measures due to an official appeal from a special service regarding a possible terrorist threat. Allegedly for this reason the process was partially moved to a closed session, and journalists were provided a video broadcast in a separate room.
If bail is posted for Duka, he was required to refrain from communicating with a number of individuals:
head of the SBU Oleksandr Poklad;
head of the National Police Maksym Tsutskiridze;
SBU General Oleksandr Kovalchuk;
head of the Odesa City State Administration Serhii Lysak.
In addition, the suspect will be required to surrender his passports for travel abroad and wear an electronic bracelet.
What is Duka accused of?
The investigation accuses the figure of systematically covering up illegal businesses, including fraudulent call centers, in exchange for illicit benefits. Law enforcement also recorded the transfer of four crypto wallets totaling about 3 million dollars in exchange for an attempt to lift the seizure of drug syndicate assets through the Office of the Prosecutor General.
The suspect himself during the hearing denied any intention to flee the country and declared his willingness to cooperate with detectives. At the same time, he publicly complained about the excessive size of the bail, claiming he would not be able to post the set amounts.
A confrontation preceded the searches at the official’s country estate, during which security threatened detectives with firearms equipped with laser aiming devices. Law enforcement reported that the general personally appeared at a window with a pistol, and later smashed two mobile phones and a hard drive with a hammer.
As previously reported on our site, NABU detectives detained the general on 4 November as part of the large-scale anti-corruption operation Carthage. In total, the security forces carried out about 70 searches across the country, uncovering a network of corrupt cover-ups for illegal businesses among law enforcement.
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