The High Anti-Corruption Court has decided to remand in custody until May 31 a former freelance advisor to the Office of the President and an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine, Artem Shyla, on suspicion of organizing the embezzlement of 182 million hryvnias from JSC Ukrzaliznytsia during the purchase of cable and transformers. The decision was made by the investigating judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court, Kateryna Sikora.
Judge Sikora set a detention period until May 31, 2024 and a bail of 30 million hryvnias for Shyla. If bail is granted, the suspect may be released under certain conditions, such as a ban on leaving the city without permission, notification of a change of residence, and others.
Recall that NABU and SAPO detained Artem Shylo together with other defendants in the case of organized embezzlement of funds during the purchase of electrical equipment for Ukrzaliznytsia. According to preliminary findings of the investigation, Shylo and other accomplices secured the purchase of transformers at an inflated price through an intermediary company, the losses from which amounted to over 94 million hryvnias.
A bail of 30 million hryvnias was posted for former advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine Artem Shyl. He was one of the suspects in the case of embezzlement of 94.8 million hryvnias from Ukrzaliznytsia during the purchase of transformers.
After posting bail, Shilo must comply with a number of obligations, including surrendering her international passports and wearing an electronic bracelet. In case of violation of obligations, the bail may be collected as budget revenue.
It is worth noting that he also does not have the right to communicate about the circumstances of the case with the head of the OPU Andriy Yermak, his deputy Oleg Tatarov, the head of the Ministry of Strategic Industry Oleksandr Kamyshin, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov, and a number of other persons.
