Court arrests ex-deputy head of Naftogaz Katsuba for 2 months pending release on UAH 450 mln bail – PGO

11:35, 18.06.2016 1 min read

Holosiyivsky District Court has ruled to arrest former deputy head of the board of the national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy Oleksandr Katsuba for two months pending release on a UAH 450 million bail, the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine reported.

"Katsuba has been arrested by the Holosiyivsky court, the bail is UAH 450 million," Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko wrote on his Facebook page.

He also said that in eight days they arrested three people in the case of ex-president Viktor Yanukovych's crony – businessman Serhiy Kurchenko based on additional evidence.

Katsuba was detained on Friday, June 17, on suspicion of committing crimes under Articles 255 (the creation of a criminal organization) and 191 (misappropriation of property through abuse of office) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.