17:24 18.06.2016

Court arrests one of suspects in case on theft of Ukrainian gas

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Court arrests one of suspects in case on theft of Ukrainian gas

Solomyansky District Court of Kyiv has ruled to put one of ten suspects in embezzlement of state-owned natural gas Valeriy Posny in custody pending the release on a UAH 1 million bail as a preventive measure., 112 Ukraine TV Channel reported on Saturday.

Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Artem Sytnyk reported on June 15 that they established members of a criminal group which was involved in illegal schemed when selling the gas produced with the participation of the public joint-stock company Ukrgazvydobuvannia. This case involves MP Oleksandr Onyschenko, and ten out of the 20 participants of the criminal organization have been detained so far, he said.

Sytnyk said that the criminal group includes officials from Ukrgazvydobuvannia.

On June 17, Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office Nazar Kholodnytsky said that an investigating judge chose a preventive measure in the form of arrest with the possibility of release on a UAH 200 million bail for the head of an enterprise, who is suspected of involvement in the illegal scheme for the sales of the gas produced with the participation Ukrgazvydobuvannia.

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