Court arrests SpetsTechnoExport director, four ex-officials

Court arrests SpetsTechnoExport director, four ex-officials

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Director of state-run enterprise “SpetsTechnoExport”, which is part of the State Concern “Ukroboronprom”,  Vladyslav Belbas has been arrested with an alternative of bail set at UAH 7 million (about $260,000).

Spokesperson for the Solomyansky District Court of Kyiv Yana Kvitchenko said that the court also imposed the duties under Art. 194 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine on Belbas [including the duties to notify an investigator, a prosecutor or the court of a change in place of residence or work, give a passport for keeping, do not leave the city in which the person is registered, resides or stays without the permission of investigator, prosecutor or court].

On March 4, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine detained Vladyslav Belbas and ex-deputy director of SpetsTechnoExport Denys Panasenko on suspicion of embezzlement of $2.225 million.

In addition, the court chose pre-trial restrictions for four former officials of “SpetsTechnoExport”, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office reports.

"On March 6 and 7, 2019, with the participation of the SAPO prosecutors, the Solomyansky District Court of Kyiv chose pre-trial restrictions for incumbent director, former director and three other officials of the SpetsTechnoExport, involved in the embezzlement of UAH 55.5 million," the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office posted on Facebook.

In particular, the former director was arrested with the bail set at UAH 1.9 million, the ex-director of the department - arrested with the bail set at UAH 5 million, the former head of the sector - arrested with the bail set at UAH 1.5 million, the former deputy director – placed under round-the-clock house arrest.

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