The prosecutorʼs office requests the seizure of UAH 150 million in bail for ex-minister Halushchenko — he may return to pre-trial detention center

The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutorʼs Office (SAPO) is asking the court to seize UAH 150 million deposited as bail for former Minister of Energy, and later Minister of Justice Herman Halushchenko.

The head of SAPO Oleksandr Klymenko said this in an interview with the channel "There is a Question".

The investigation believes that the money deposited as bail for Galushchenko could have been of criminal origin, and its deposit could have been a way of money laundering. Therefore, the prosecutorʼs office is requesting that 150 million hryvnias be transferred to the Assets Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA).

"If the court grants this request, these funds should be transferred to the ARMA account and it will be considered that this former Minister of Justice did not post bail," Klymenko explained.

In this case, according to the head of SAPO, Halushchenko may be taken into custody again.

• Herman Halushchenko is a figure in Operation “Midas”, a case of alleged corruption in the energy sector. He was detained in February while trying to leave Ukraine. The court has imposed a preventive measure on him with the possibility of posting a bail of UAH 150 million.
• At the end of August, NABU and SAPO reported on a new operation involving the legalization of money deposited as bail for Halushchenko. Among the suspects are former deputy head of the Office of the Prosecutor General Iryna Mudra and former MP Maksym Mykytas.

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