The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court has extended preventive measures for former MP and head of the Association of Employers' Organizations "National Association of Defense Industry Enterprises of Ukraine" Serhiy Pashynsky. The reason is the threat of flight and obstruction of the investigation. This became known from the materials of the criminal proceedings published by the publication 368.media.
Pashynsky is suspected of several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
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Part 4 of Article 28 (organization of a criminal group),
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Part 5 of Article 191 (embezzlement on a particularly large scale),
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Part 1 of Article 255 (creation of a criminal organization).
The case is being handled by the NABU under the procedural guidance of the SAPO. According to the investigation, back in 2014, Pashinsky, together with businessman Serhiy Tyshchenko, organized a scheme to seize 97,000 tons of seized petroleum products, which were to be nationalized as assets of fugitive oligarch Serhiy Kurchenko. The amount of losses, according to the investigation, is over 1 billion hryvnia.
The detectives were particularly interested in the fact that witnesses were being pressured. One of the key witnesses, a former Deputy Minister of Defense, directly stated that Pashinsky had threatened to fire him if he refused to sign documents with false information about fuel.
In addition, the investigation drew attention to Pashinsky's use of the media to pressure the process, as well as his personal connections with witnesses, with whom he was able to communicate despite the ban.
Separately, a related criminal case No. 52024000000000066 is being investigated under Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code - abuse of power during pressure on one of the witnesses.
According to the SAPO prosecutor, Pashinsky is a real risk of flight. He has a passport for traveling abroad and has made 10 trips outside Ukraine since 2019. Given this, the court left the obligation to keep passports in state authorities.
Pashinsky is also obliged to:
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to appear upon summons to the NABU, SAPO and the court;
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to report a change of residence;
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refrain from contact with other defendants and witnesses in the case.
The obligations will be valid until July 14, 2025.
Despite the arrest, Pashinsky avoided pre-trial detention by posting bail of UAH 272.52 million. The money was paid by six companies associated with him through the National Association of Defense Industry Enterprises of Ukraine:
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LLC "Ukrainian Armored Vehicles" — UAH 62.52 million
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Ravionix LLC — UAH 60 million
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Thermal Vision Technologies LLC — UAH 40 million
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LLC "MZATZ" — 43 million UAH
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LLC "System Electronic Export" — UAH 32 million
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LLC "UMO Ukraine" — 35 million UAH
These firms have a total debt to the Ministry of Defense of UAH 364 million, which raises questions about the real sources of collateral.
According to the investigation, these companies are de facto controlled by Pashinsky himself, which suggests that the funds were deposited from his assets.
According to the investigation, over the entire period of his political career, Pashinsky declared only UAH 18.14 million, his wife - UAH 13.07 million. But in fact, the family owns:
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elite real estate - houses, a chapel, apartments in new buildings;
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expensive cars;
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motor vessel;
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land plots;
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securities and monetary assets.
These assets were taken into account when determining the amount of bail, and the amount itself was found by the court to be proportional to the suspect's financial situation.
