Businessman Tischenko arrested with option to post UAH 363 mln bail in petroleum products theft case
At a session on Tuesday, an investigating judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) ordered to detain an entrepreneur, one of the organizers of a criminal organization that seized oil products worth a total of UAH 967 million, arrested in the case of the owner of the East European Fuel-Energy Company (EEFEC).
The Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) reported on its Telegram channel, the court ordered to detain the suspect with the option to post a UAH 363.36 million bail.
SAPO did not indicate the name of the person involved. According to media reports, this is businessman Serhiy Tishchenko, who is the owner of the Factor group.
"The conditions for bail are the following: attend the detective, prosecutor or court as directed; remain within the city of Kyiv and Kyiv region except with permission of the detective, prosecutor or court; notify the detective, prosecutor or court about any change of address; not communicate with other suspects, witnesses in criminal proceedings and other persons regarding the suspicion handed to him, except for defenders, detectives, prosecutors, the investigating judge, the court; deposit his passport to prevent travel abroad with the relevant government authorities, other documents giving the right to leave Ukraine and enter Ukraine; wear electronic monitoring equipment," SAPO said.
According to the prosecutor's office, among the suspects in the case are two organizers of the crime: a former MP and an entrepreneur, as well as four accomplices: a former director of a state-owned enterprise, his former deputy, a manager of a state-owned enterprise and a head of a private company.