Odessa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov, who was taken into custody as part of the investigation into the case of Odessa’s Krayn plant, has been released from a pre-detention center. A bail of 13.4 million UAH was paid for him, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
“The mayor of Odessa came out of the detention center on a bail of 13.420 million UAH, determined earlier by the court as an alternative to arrest,” – said in the SAP.
At the same time, the prosecutor’s office did not specify who exactly paid the amount of bail.
As reported, on May 4, the mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov was taken into custody as part of the investigation of the case of the Odessa plant “Kraiyan”
“The case of Odessa “Krayan” – the mayor of Odessa was taken into custody. Details later,” the SAP reported in its Telegram channel on Thursday.
Later, the prosecutor’s office specified: “On May 4, 2023, the panel of judges of the VAKS granted the request of the SAP prosecutor to change the measure of restraint of one of the defendants in the case of Odessa “Krayan” – the city head of Odessa.”
According to the SAP, given that the accused did not pay 30.866 million UAH bail determined by the court, the prosecutor applied to the court to change the measure of restraint from bail to detention with an alternative to bail.
“VAKS, having heard the arguments of the parties, partially satisfied the petition and applied to the accused a measure of restraint in the form of detention for 60 days with the alternative of paying 13.420 million UAH as bail. In execution of the court decision, the accused was taken into custody in the courtroom,” – stated in the message.
In the SAP reminded that the Odessa mayor and others are accused of misappropriation of budget funds in the amount of more than 92 million UAH as a result of the implementation of the scheme for the acquisition of municipal property of the administrative building of the former plant “Krayn” at twice the inflated price.
