The lawyers of the suspected head of the Khmelnytskyi Region's MSEK tried to lift the arrest of her property.
Lawyers for Tetyana Krupa, suspected of illicit enrichment, tried to have the seizures imposed on a number of her properties revoked in court. The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court denied the defense's request, but during the review of the decision, previously unknown details of the investigation were revealed in court.
They concern correspondence on the suspect's phone, which may affect the course of the investigation. In the iPhone 14 Pro Max phone seized during the searches of suspect Krupa, according to the inspection protocols, investigators came across chats with accounts that may indicate Tetyana Krupa's connections with the leadership of the regional prosecutor's office and customs officers.
According to our sources, this could be the head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Prosecutor's Office, Oleksiy Oliynyk (who was eventually dismissed from his managerial position, but remained in the prosecutor's office) and Ivan Berezhnyuk (head of the Khmelnytskyi Customs since March 2024). The phone also contained correspondence between the head of the Khmelnytskyi Region's MSEK and subscribers about processing documents related to disability and deferrals for various individuals.
Among other things, the chats found a statement from one of the judges of the Khmelnytsky Court of Appeal addressed to the Minister of Health about permission to travel outside Ukraine for treatment. However, law enforcement officers were unable to create a full copy of the mobile phone's memory and copy the data of a number of applications that were found in the device's memory during its direct examination, including Telegram, Signal, and mail applications.
"The court believes that there are sufficient grounds to believe that all seized property and documents correspond to the characteristics of physical evidence, therefore they are subject to seizure in order to ensure the preservation of physical evidence," the appellate court ruling said.
As a reminder, on December 11, the Appellate Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court canceled
the arrest imposed on the bank account of Tetyana Krupa's son Oleksandr.
The Krupa case
The head of the Khmelnytskyi MSEK, Tetyana Krupa, was detained on suspicion of illicit enrichment. During searches at her home, almost 6 million US dollars in cash in various currencies were found. On October 7, the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv chose a preventive measure for Tetyana Krupa in the form of detention until December 3 with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of 500 million 1528 hryvnias. However, the defense filed an appeal.
On November 21, the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court considered
the appeal. The court decided to keep Tetyana Krupa in custody until December 3, with
the option of posting bail in the amount of 300 million hryvnias.
During the consideration of the motion to extend the arrest, the bail amount was reduced to 280 million, and the term of stay in the pre-trial detention center was set until January 26, 2025.
The correspondence found on Krupa's phone may indicate total corruption in which law enforcement officials may be involved. Therefore, we hope for progress in the investigation of this high-profile case and will inform the public about the progress of this case.
