HACU selects preventive measures for Kyiv City Council officials

The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACU) has decided to apply preventive measures to several key figures in the case of the misappropriation of land plots in Kyiv. 

Among the suspects are the head and members of the permanent committee of the Kyiv City Council on architecture, urban planning and land relations, as well as officials from the capital’s municipal enterprises.

According to the press service of the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP), the court made its decision based on a motion by NABU detectives, approved by SAP prosecutors. 

According to the ruling, a preventive measure in the form of detention with the possibility of posting a bail of 50 million hryvnia has been applied to a member of the Kyiv City Council’s permanent committee, who is also a sitting deputy. This deputy, according to media reports, is Yelena Marchenko, representing the “All-Ukrainian Union ‘Batkivshchyna’” faction.

In addition, the news mentions the application of a preventive measure to Mykhailo Terentiev, head of the Kyiv City Council’s land committee. The investigation believes he became part of a criminal scheme for personal enrichment. The court ordered his detention with the possibility of posting a bail of 20 million hryvnia.

Also, within the framework of the investigation, preventive measures were applied to the deputy director of the municipal enterprise “Kyivblagoustroistvo”. The court ordered detention with the possibility of posting a bail of 7.5 million hryvnia.

Furthermore, two more suspects — accomplices — were detained during the proceedings. One of them holds the position of first deputy head of the municipal enterprise “Spetszhyltofond”, while the other was responsible for accounting. The court applied preventive measures in the form of detention with the possibility of posting bail of 4.5 million and 8 million hryvnia respectively.

In addition to all this, the court appointed a preventive measure in the form of a personal undertaking for one of the suspects.