The High Anti-Corruption Court issued a verdict on January 9 regarding the case of former member of parliament Dmitry Kryuchkov: 15 years of imprisonment with the confiscation of all his property, as reported by Transparency International Ukraine on Telegram.
Additionally, the ex-MP was ordered to pay a fine of 17,000 UAH and is prohibited from holding managerial positions for 3 years. The court applied special confiscation to Kryuchkov's assets amounting to 468 million UAH and other property recognized as a subject of the crime. At the same time, he was acquitted on separate counts of abuse of office.
Currently, Dmitry Kryuchkov is in Switzerland – according to his lawyer, he is undergoing treatment.
The case also involves Kryuchkov's accomplice, Svitlana Kuzmynska, who headed "Cherkasyoblenergo." She has been sentenced to 8 years in prison. Half of her property has been confiscated, and the court also prohibited Kuzmynska from holding certain positions for 2 years.
According to civil claims from the Odesa CHPP and "Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo," Dmitry Kryuchkov is required to pay 49 million UAH. Furthermore, Kryuchkov and Kuzmynska are to jointly pay 14 million UAH for the civil claim from "Cherkasyoblenergo."
Dmitry Kryuchkov and Svitlana Kuzmynska were accused of seizing and laundering over 1.5 billion UAH from state energy companies "Cherkasyoblenergo" and "Zaporizhzhiaoblenergo," as well as abuse of office. The investigation demonstrated that the scheme organized by the former MP caused damage to the state exceeding 1.5 billion UAH. Instead of going to the budget, this money ended up in private entities controlled by Kryuchkov.
The case has been under consideration for more than three years, and according to court information, the hearings lasted approximately 198 hours. Fourteen defenders participated in the case. Throughout the proceedings, Kryuchkov missed about 45 out of 117 hearings, citing illness or poor health.
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