On Dec. 28, 2022, NABU and SAPO referred the case to court, accusing four persons of causing UAH 13.8 million in damage to Derzhhidrohrafiia (State Hydrography) public enterpise.
On Dec. 27, 2022, NABU and SAPO notified an incumbent MP of suspicion of stating false data in his 2020 e-declaration. His actions fall under Part 1 Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (as amended by the Law of Ukraine of 04.12.2020 No. 1074-IX).
On Dec. 26, 2022, NABU and SAPO completed the investigation of the former head of the Capital Construction Department of the Ministry of Defense and her accomplice - the director of a construction company, suspected of embezzling over UAH 18.66 million allocated for the purchase of housing for the military. Their actions fall under Part 5 Article 191, Part 1 Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The case file was disclosed to the defense for perusal.
USD 684,000, seized within NABU and SAPO investigations into corruption at customs, have been sent to the needs of the Ukrainian military.
On Dec. 21, 2022, NABU and SAPO notified eight persons of suspicion of seizing the right of claim for loans, which led to more than UAH 112 million in losses to a private bank.
Despite a 5-month break caused by russia’s full-scale invasion, the operation of the eCase MS electronic criminal proceedings system was resumed on August 1, 2022. As of Dec. 20, 2022, it contains information on 306 criminal proceedings. Each day, more and more users from NABU and SAPO join the eCase MS, while the e-document generated by the system has undergone procedural validation in court.
On Dec. 13-19, 2022, NABU and SAPO notified two lawyers and a person who claimed to be a lawyer's assistant of suspicion of an attempt to bribe a judge of the Poltava Court of Appeal.
Hanna Bilyk, a judge of the Brovary city district court in the Kyiv region, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison with the confiscation of a car and a land plot. She has also been stripped of the right to hold certain administrative posts for a period of 3 years. The verdict was passed by the Criminal Court of Cassation of the Supreme Court on Dec. 14, 2022. Previously, the same decision had been passed by the High Anti-Corruption Court and the HACC Appeals Chamber. The verdict of the Supreme Court is final and cannot be appealed.
Thanks to NABU and SAPO's efforts, part of the property and funds seized in the so-called Mezhyhiria case have been confiscated by the HACC. On Dec. 12, 2022, the court satisfied the relevant claim of Ukraine's Justice Ministry. This is a first-instance decision that can be appealed.
On Dec. 14, 2022, NABU and SAPO notified an incumbent MP of suspicion of entering false data into his e-declaration for 2020. Such actions fall under Part 1 Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (as amended by the Law of Ukraine dated 04.12.2020 No. 1074-IX).
