The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has completed the pre-trial investigation into a criminal case opened against former Deputy Justice Minister Yevhen Korniychuk.
"The pre-trial investigation was completed yesterday, and today we are to start examining the materials," Korniychuk’s lawyer Ihor Fomin told Interfax-Ukraine.
He recalled that charges had been brought against Korniychuk under two articles of the Criminal Code – Article 365 (the abuse of office, which entailed grave consequences) and Article 366 (forgery).
As reported, Korniychuk was arrested on December 22, 2010. Later, a court refused to satisfy a request by the Prosecutor General’s Office to arrest Korniychuk for two months, but extended the period of his detention to ten days.
On December 30, Pechersky District Court of Kyiv ordered Korniychuk to be jailed for two months.
