Kyiv Court of Appeals has decided to remain Valeriy Postny in custody, who is involved in gas embezzlement case of PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia, having increased the amount of bail up to Hr 250 million, Hromadske TV reports.
According to the court, if Postny or a third party will make a bail, then he must not leave Kyiv and wear an electronic bracelet.
Postny was once again taken to the court on a medical gurney due to poor state of health. The suspect demands the court allow him to finish his treatment.
As reported, Postny and another person involved in the scheme – Oleh Riaboshapka, are suspected of the involvement in a corruption scheme on the gas theft as a result of joint activities with Ukrgazvydobuvannia (Articles 191 and 255 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), as well as money laundering obtained by criminal means (Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
On June 15, Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Artem Sytnyk said that in the investigation of power abuse by deputies and senior officials in the realization of gas produced under the joint activities with PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia in which an MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko is a leader of the criminal group which set has been established. According to him, 10 out of 20 members of a criminal group were detained. The investigation activities are being conducted with them.
On June 18 Solomiansky district court of Kyiv arrested Postny for 60 days with the right to bail in the amount of Hr 1 million. A similar term of the arrest with the alternative bail in the amount of Hr 1.5 million was chosen by Solomiansky Court to Riaboshapka.
On June 22 Postny and Riaboshapka made appropriate bails and were released from the Lukianovsky detention center. However, NABU detectives detained the suspects again immediately after their release on bail. On June 23 they were notified of suspicion under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (the legalization – laundering – of incomes obtained by criminal means).
