The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) chose precautionary measures for three more suspects in the case of the former Deputy Minister of Energy Oleksandr Hale, who was caught accepting a $500 000 bribe.
One of them received a preventive measure in the form of detention for 60 days with the possibility of paying 65 million hryvnias as bail.
Another suspect, the manager of a private company, will also be held in custody for two months with the possibility of paying 7 million hryvnias as bail.
Another of the suspects, a former head of a state-owned enterprise, was given a preventive measure in the form of round-the-clock house arrest for two months.
The day before, HACC sent Hale himself to custody until October 8, 2024, who was found guilty of bribery. Hale can be released on bail of 25 million hryvnias.
More about the case
On the morning of August 12, Deputy Minister of Energy Oleksandr Hale was exposed for receiving part of a $500 000 bribe. For this money, he promised the managers of state-owned enterprises to allow the removal of rare and unique mining equipment from the mines of the front-line region of the Donetsk region. He faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
On the same day, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dismissed Hale from his post.
According to the Anti-Corruption Center, the suspects in the case are Oleksandr Hale, his confidant Serhii Pylypchuk (sent to custody with the possibility of bail of 65 million hryvnias), ex-director of "Selydivvuhillia" Serhii Kobylyatskyi and manager of "Mykolaiv Electric Supply Company" Yevhen Lut.
- Hale held the post of Deputy Minister of Energy from September 6, 2023. He is a mining engineer by profession, for 33 years his activity was mostly related to the coal industry. Hale worked in management positions of coal mining enterprises, in particular in the field of economy, sale of coal products, marketing, supply of coal to thermal power plants of Ukraine, and strategic development of companies.