HACCU leaves Mudra in custody in NABU case on raiding and money laundering
The High Anti-Corruption Court denied the defense of former Deputy Head of the President's Office Iryna Mudra's request to change the measure of restraint. She will remain in custody with the possibility of posting the previously determined bail.
The court decision was reported by the Anti-Corruption Action Center.
The defense asked the court to soften the terms of the measure of restraint. In particular, the lawyers proposed setting bail at about 13 million hryvnias or reducing it to the amount that had already been deposited to the court accounts - about 14 million hryvnias.
The prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office opposed the motion. According to his position, the previously determined bail amount - 20 million hryvnias - remains sufficient to ensure Mudra's compliance with procedural obligations.
Mudra herself and her defense insist that the court-provided possibility to post bail is effectively not working because banks refuse to process payments to the HACC account.
On September 24, the HACC already ordered the National Bank to verify why financial institutions do not process bail payments. The court then acknowledged that such a situation could violate the suspect's rights.
Mudra has been in custody since August 25. At that time, the HACC imposed a measure of restraint in the form of detention with an alternative of bail of 20 million hryvnias. On September 2, the HACC Appeals Chamber upheld this decision.
What Mudra is suspected of
The former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office is one of the persons involved in NABU and SAPO investigations called "Forest Gump" and "Themis".
According to NABU, a criminal organization involving high-ranking officials of the President's Office, a current and former people's deputies, was engaged in the misappropriation of expensive real estate and enterprise assets.
The investigation claims that illegal interference with the registers of the Ministry of Justice, forged court decisions and ownership documents were used for this purpose.
In the autumn of 2025, according to NABU, the organization's members seized two enterprises with total assets worth 248 million hryvnias. One of them was supposed to give access to real estate in the center of Kyiv worth over 500 million hryvnias.
Another episode concerns an attempt in May 2026 to take possession of Kyiv real estate worth over 207 million hryvnias.
A separate direction of the investigation concerns the laundering of 150 million hryvnias, which, according to NABU and SAPO, were obtained through criminal means. Cash allegedly was introduced into legal circulation through accounts of shell companies to post bail for one of the persons involved in another investigation - the "Midas" case.
In the case materials, Mudra is suspected, in particular, of participation in a criminal organization, preparation for misappropriation of property, unlawful seizure of enterprise property, and laundering of criminally obtained funds.
On August 19, NABU and SAPO conducted investigative actions at Mudra's premises. On the same day, President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed her from the position of Deputy Head of the President's Office.
Mudra and her defense deny the validity of the suspicion. According to the law, she is considered innocent until her guilt is proven by a guilty verdict of the court.
Based on materials: Anti-Corruption Action Center, NABU, Miller Law Firm
