HACC removed Yermak's electronic bracelet due to health threat
The High Anti-Corruption Court allowed the former head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak to no longer wear an electronic bracelet. The court took into account the explanations of a medical specialist, according to which the further use of the electronic control device may pose a threat to the life and health of the suspect.
The court's decision was reported by the Anti-Corruption Action Center.
Other procedural obligations of Yermak remained in force. He must appear upon every demand of the court, report a change of residence and work, surrender his foreign passport and not communicate with designated suspects and witnesses in the case.
Yermak cannot leave Kyiv and the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson regions without permission. At the same time, he is allowed to transit through other regions.
The court previously refused to remove the bracelet
This is not the first attempt by Yermak's defense to get the electronic monitoring cancelled.
At the end of June, the High Anti-Corruption Court rejected the motion to remove the bracelet. Then the court left unchanged the obligation imposed on Yermak to wear the electronic control device.
In August, the court partially relaxed other restrictions. Then Yermak was allowed to stay in eight regions without separate approval and to transit through other regions. At the same time, the court again rejected the defense's request to remove the electronic bracelet.
Now the High Anti-Corruption Court changed this part of the preventive measure after receiving medical explanations regarding the possible impact of the device on Yermak's health. The specific diagnosis or other medical details are not provided in the message.
Yermak left the detention center after a bail of UAH 140 million
The electronic bracelet was one of the obligations imposed on Yermak after his release from custody.
On May 14, the High Anti-Corruption Court chose a preventive measure for the former head of the Presidential Office in the form of detention with the alternative of bail of UAH 140 million.
The full amount of the bail was posted on May 18, after which Yermak left the detention center. Note that he spent four days in custody.
After the bail was posted, Yermak was subject to a number of procedural obligations, including wearing an electronic bracelet, surrendering documents for travel abroad, and movement restrictions.
What Yermak is suspected of
The former head of the Presidential Office is a suspect in the case of money laundering during the construction of the elite cottage complex “Dynastia” in Kozyn, Kyiv region.
According to NABU and SAPO, the participants in the scheme laundered over UAH 460 million during the construction. Part of the money, as the investigation claims, could have come through the so-called “laundromat,” where funds from various sources, including those obtained as a result of corruption schemes in “Energoatom,” were accumulated and laundered.
Yermak is charged with a criminal offense under Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code — laundering of property obtained by criminal means.
Yermak himself previously denied the charges against him. According to the Constitution of Ukraine, he is presumed innocent until his guilt is proven by a conviction of the court.
Based on materials from: Anti-Corruption Action Center, High Anti-Corruption Court
