The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine ruled under house arrest for former Rada deputy Maxim Mikitas, who is suspected of embezzling money from the Ministry of Defense. Ukrainian publication “Strana” writes about this.
“The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court did not accept the prosecutors’ request and placed former People’s Deputy Maxim Mikitas under 24-hour house arrest as a preventive measure,” the report said.
Mikitas was detained with the possibility of release on bail of 134 million hryvnia ($3.7 million).
On October 25, it became known that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) accused Mikitas of embezzling $ 8.3 million from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine during the construction of warehouses for storing missiles and ammunition.
November 2 Kyiv court made a decision He put the Verkhovna Rada deputy Yaroslav Dubnevich on the international wanted list on charges of embezzlement of funds of the Ukrzheldoroga company. It was noted that the parliamentarian illegally seized more than 93 million hryvnia ($2.57 million) of money belonging to the company. At the same time, Dubnevich did not appear in court because, according to the deputy, he was receiving treatment abroad.
Previously on Rada named The reason for the dismissal of all deputy defense ministers of Ukraine.