Shchigol was sent to a pre-trial detention center until January 21, 2024, with the possibility of bail in the amount of 25 million hryvnias.
The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) decided to take into custody the former chairman of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection, Yuri Shchigol. NABU reported this.
“Apply a preventive measure to suspect Yuri Shchigol in the form of detention for 60 days, that is, until January 21, 2024. Take the suspect into custody in the courtroom,” said the judge.
Prosecutors requested the arrest of Shchigol with the possibility of bail in the amount of 50.2 million Hryvnia. The court partially granted the detectives’ request.
Shchigol was sent to a pre-trial detention center with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of 25 million Hryvnia.
We remind you that law enforcement officials have exposed a large-scale criminal scheme in which the leadership of the State Special Communications Service is involved. The former head of the State Service for Special Communications, Yuriy Shchigol, and his deputy, Viktor Zhora, are suspected of illegally seizing government funds worth more than 62 million hryvnias. The money was earmarked for the purchase of equipment and software. Officials developed a scheme with the owner of a group of companies. To do this, they attracted two controlled companies, and kept the purchase secret.
As reported, yesterday HACS decided to take businessman Roman Koval, a person involved in a scheme in which the former head of the State Special Communications Service, Yuri Shchigol, took part.
Shchigol himself was removed from the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters.
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