Crime
Konstantin Zhevago has been served with a notice of suspicion in France in connection with the ‘Finance and Credit’ bank case
Konstantin Zhevago, a former Member of Parliament and beneficiary of the ‘Finance and Credit’ bank, has been served with a notice of suspicion in France. He is suspected of embezzling over 500 million hryvnias from the bank.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has sentenced a Member of Parliament to two years in prison and banned her from holding public office
On 19 March, the High Anti-Corruption Court found a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament and another defendant guilty of offences under Part 2 of Article 28 and Part 2 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Both were sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, as well as a three-year ban on holding public office.
Russia has set up a secret unit to carry out assassinations abroad
In 2022, Russia established a secret unit tasked with carrying out assassinations and abductions outside the country. This was reported by Der Spiegel and The Insider, citing sources within the security services.
The SBU and the National Police have detained a further six Russian agents in connection with the arson attacks on military vehicles and state facilities
The SBU and the National Police have announced the arrest of a further six individuals whom investigators believe to be Russian agents involved in arson attacks across several regions of Ukraine. According to law enforcement officials, the suspects were active in Kyiv, Kropyvnytskyi and Zaporizhzhia, and their targets included a district council building, a branch of a state-owned bank, as well as official vehicles belonging to the Defence Forces, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the State Emergency Service.
The DSI has uncovered an illegal alcohol production operation in Kryvyi Rih; over 2 tonnes of the product have been seized
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, law enforcement officers have uncovered an organised gang involved in the illegal production and sale of alcohol. During the searches, over two tonnes of counterfeit products were seized.
Law enforcement officers in several regions have arrested six suspects in connection with arson attacks carried out on behalf of the Russian Federation
The Security Service of Ukraine, in conjunction with the National Police, has detained six people suspected of carrying out arson attacks on behalf of the Russian security services. The suspects are residents of various regions aged between 17 and 23.
The SSU has detained a soldier suspected of spying for the Russian and Belarusian intelligence services
The SSU’s military counter-intelligence unit has detained a serviceman suspected of collaborating with the Russian and Belarusian security services. According to the investigation, he was passing on information about units of the Unmanned Systems Forces.
A judge is to stand trial in Kharkiv for hitting two teenagers on a pedestrian crossing
The State Bureau of Investigations has concluded its investigation into the road traffic accident in Kharkiv, in which two teenagers were injured. The indictment against the judge has already been submitted to the court.
The head of the Solomyanskyi District Court failed to declare a building project near Kyiv for four years
According to the Anti-Corruption Action Centre, Vitaliy Ukraintsev, the head of the Solomyanskyi District Court in Kyiv, failed to declare an unfinished construction project in Stari Bezradychi, Kyiv Oblast, for four years. The Anti-Corruption Centre claims that the judge only included this cottage in his declaration after journalists raised the issue, and that the construction itself could have cost at least $100,000.
A prison inspector in the Russian Federation has been charged with mistreating prisoners
The Office of the Prosecutor General has announced that it has charged an employee of a Russian correctional facility in the Tula region, whom investigators believe to be involved in the systematic abuse of Ukrainian prisoners of war. According to law enforcement officials, between 2022 and 2023, he regularly beat the prisoners, humiliated them and subjected them to psychological pressure.
In Kyiv, a repeat sex offender has been sentenced to six years in prison for raping a 19-year-old woman
The Pecherskyi District Court in Kyiv has sentenced a resident of Kryvyi Rih to six years’ imprisonment after finding him guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman. Following the pronouncement of the sentence, the man was taken into custody right in the courtroom.
The SSU and the National Police have detained four suspects in connection with illegal arms trafficking
The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police have detained four people suspected of illegally selling weapons and ammunition. According to the investigation, they were smuggling weapons out of frontline areas.
