The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) has ordered a preventive measure in the form of 6 million hryvnia in bail for Olga Stefanyishyna, the former Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration and former Ambassador to the U.S., who is suspected of illicit enrichment.
“A preventive measure in the form of bail set at 6 million hryvnias has been imposed on the suspect,” the HACC told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Thursday.
“Suspilne” reported on its Telegram channel that the suspect is also required to appear when summoned by NABU investigators, report any change of residence, and refrain from communicating with witnesses in the case.
“Stefanyishyna is suspected of illicit enrichment and making false declarations. According to investigators, she failed to declare two apartments in Kyiv, expenses for their renovation, housing rent, use of a Mercedes-Benz, as well as payments for plane tickets and her mother’s medical treatment,” the “Suspilne” report states.
According to Radio Svoboda, the prosecutor’s office requested that Stefanyishyna be granted bail in the amount of 13.3 million hryvnias.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Anti-Corruption Action Center (ACAC) reported that NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) had served Stefanyishyna with a new charge.
Subsequently, the ACC provided details regarding the charges against Stefanyishyna. “The case involves illegal enrichment. Specifically, the SAPO prosecutor cites instances of property purchases made by other individuals on the suspect’s behalf,” the statement reads.
According to the ACC, Stefanyishyna failed to declare two one-bedroom apartments, cash she spent on renovating the apartments, her mother’s medical treatment, airline tickets, and the rent for another apartment. She also failed to declare her use of a Mercedes registered to a subordinate.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have not issued an official statement on the matter.
After the information was made public, Stefanyishyna commented on the allegations of illicit enrichment, emphasizing that she had “publicly and in detail addressed the issue of real estate over a year ago” and that she “had nothing to hide.”
“Since the beginning of my tenure as ambassador, the media has periodically raised questions about procedural actions by certain law enforcement agencies in which my name is mentioned. I’ll be brief and to the point. Any procedural actions are part of the lawful work of the law enforcement system and do not constitute a finding of guilt. I view these events calmly and without undue emotion, and the fuss surrounding this story is more like a storm in a teacup. I commented publicly and in considerable detail on a significant portion of the issues appearing in the media—particularly those concerning real estate—over a year ago,” she wrote on Facebook.
In July, Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko (European Solidarity faction) reported that the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) had opened a criminal case against Stefanyishyna. She is suspected of abuse of power or official position, resulting in serious consequences (Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The case was opened on June 11, 2025.
On June 4, “Ukrainska Pravda” published an investigation stating that the National Agency for Finding and Managing Assets (ARMA) had selected a company to manage the Trade Union House in Kyiv that may be linked to Stefanyishyna’s family, specifically her ex-husband. According to the investigation, this is already the fourth valuable asset that the same company has received.
Stefanyishyna stated that she is not involved in her ex-husband’s activities, complained about media pressure, and emphasized that she has no conflict of interest regarding ARMA. In turn, ARMA Chair Olena Duma stated that the individuals mentioned in the media have no ties to ARMA or to participants in the competitive selection procedures for managers of seized assets.
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The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) have notified the former head of the State Reserve Agency and three other participants in a scheme to embezzle funds from a state-owned enterprise of their status as suspects, according to SAPO.
“Under the procedural guidance of a SAPO prosecutor, NABU detectives served notices of suspicion to four participants in a criminal scheme to embezzle funds from a state-owned enterprise under the management of the State Agency for Reserve Management of Ukraine,” the SAPO stated in a post on its Telegram channel on Friday.
According to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, the suspects include: the former head of the State Reserve, the former deputy director of the state-owned enterprise, the organizer of the transaction, and an accomplice (an individual).
The individuals’ actions are classified under Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (misappropriation or embezzlement of property on an especially large scale or by an organized group).
As part of the pre-trial investigation, it was established that in the fall of 2022, the individuals devised a scheme to misappropriate funds that the state-owned enterprise received for warehousing services.
“The scheme involved providing warehouse space to affiliated private companies under the guise of storage services. Officials of the state-owned enterprise entered into fictitious contracts with these firms and entered knowingly false information into the acceptance and transfer acts,” the statement notes.
According to the SAP, documents show that the area of the leased premises was significantly smaller than what was actually used. Subsequently, the controlled companies subleased significantly larger areas of warehouse space to the real sector of the economy.
“Such actions resulted in losses of approximately 36 million hryvnias. The participants in the scheme cashed out these funds and disposed of them at their discretion,” the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office clarified.
The SAP notes that the organizer of the criminal scheme was detained while attempting to cross the state border. The court has now imposed a preventive measure in the form of detention.
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has dismissed the charges against Yuriy Bolokhovets, CEO of the State Enterprise “Forests of Ukraine,” according to a statement by lawyer Volodymyr Volodymyrov on Facebook.
According to a statement by the Advanq Law Firm (ADVANQ), which provided legal representation, the court’s decision is final and cannot be appealed. According to the lawyer, the court found the charges against the head of the state-owned enterprise to be unfounded.
“Even before the case was transferred to NABU, the investigation had done a tremendous amount of work, gathering a large amount of material, but was unable to find evidence of land seizure, receipt and legalization of illegal funds, or abuse of official authority. Four of the five charges were not confirmed at the investigation stage, and in court we managed to prove the groundlessness of the last one,” Volodymyr said.
He emphasized that the reason for the persecution of Bolokhovets was the forest reform, as a result of which “the old system was destroyed, and billions in revenues from the sale of state timber began to be paid into the budget.”
The lawyer recalled that last year Bolokhovets was held in custody for two months with an “unrealistic bail amount” imposed, and his family, colleagues, and defenders were also subjected to pressure and information attacks. At the same time, he expressed his respect for the anti-corruption authorities for their objective analysis of the materials despite external pressure.
The press service of the State Enterprise “Forests of Ukraine” emphasized that the pressure on the CEO was due to his position on the introduction of transparent market mechanisms for the sale of timber and the de-shadowing of the forestry industry.
As reported, Yuriy Bolokhovets was notified of the suspicion in July 2025. During the investigation, he was held in custody with the possibility of bail.
State Enterprise “Forests of Ukraine” is one of the largest forest users in Europe and is under the management of the State Agency of Forest Resources of Ukraine. The enterprise manages 6.6 million hectares of state forest fund land.
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has announced a new suspicion of oligarch Konstantin Zhevago and his three accomplices in the case of withdrawal of UAH 519 million from the Finance and Credit Bank.
“Employees of the GBR reported a new suspicion to the former shareholder of the bank JSC “Bank Finance and Credit” Konstantin Zhevago, the former chairman of the board of the bank and his two deputies,” – reported in the Telegram channel of the GBR on Thursday.
According to the Bureau’s information, in May 2007-October 2010, Mr. Zhevago formed a criminal organization. Zhevago formed a criminal organization, which included the chairman, members of the board of JSC Bank Finance and Credit and other persons close to him. “A Ukrainian company controlled by Zhevago received a loan from JSC Bank Finance and Credit, which was done in violation of lending rules. This money was withdrawn to other offshore companies of the oligarch”, – noted in the GBR.
To conceal the illegal origin of money participants of the scheme in 2010-2015. concluded a loan agreement and more than 100 additional agreements to it between the controlled company and the bank. “The additional agreements systematically and unreasonably allowed to increase the credit limit issued by the bank to the oligarch-controlled company without any liquid collateral. Thus, the group members withdrew UAH 519 million from the Bank, which were further legalized by the participants of the scheme”, – stated in the message.
Thus, summarized in the Department, the total loss of JSC “Bank Finance and Credit” due to lending to Zhevago’s company amounted to UAH 1.4 billion.
The GBI has notified Zhevago of suspicion of creation and management of a criminal organization, embezzlement and misappropriation of property, legalization of property obtained by criminal means in a particularly large amount as part of a criminal organization. The ex-chairman of the bank and his two deputies are suspected of participation in criminal organizations, embezzlement and misappropriation of property on a particularly large scale as part of a criminal organization.
Earlier, the GBR notified about suspicion of Zhevago and a number of bank managers on another fact – the organization of embezzlement of $113 million of the financial institution. To date, the property of the suspected oligarch, as well as legal entities associated with him, in particular, the shares of his companies for hundreds of millions of hryvnias – corporate rights of companies, 26 real estate. The property of other legal entities related to the former MP was also arrested. Among other things – 14 property complexes, 21 parts of property complexes, 30 non-residential premises, 10 apartments, a helicopter, a yacht.
Back in October 2020 arrested assets worth more than 300 million UAH were transferred to the National Agency for identification, search and management of assets (ARMA). These are assets in the form of corporate rights, funds and 26 real estate objects – recreational complexes, hotels, residential and commercial premises located in the central part of Kiev, Kharkiv, Poltava, Krivoy Rog with a total area of more than 22 thousand square meters. meters.
The GBI is actively cooperating with the justice, gendarmerie and police authorities of the French Republic in the investigation.
