The case of Skorokhod about 250 thousand dollars for NSDC sanctions has been sent to court
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has sent to court the indictment in the case of People's Deputy Anna Skorokhod and her assistant, who are accused in the case of $250,000 for assistance in applying NSDC sanctions to a competitor company.
The indictment was sent to court by the SAPO prosecutor on October 7 based on the materials of the pre-trial investigation by NABU. The anti-corruption bodies do not officially name the deputy in the message, but according to media reports, it is about Anna Skorokhod.
According to the investigation, the group members offered a representative of an entrepreneur for $250,000 to organize the application of sanctions to a competitor company. They claimed that they could ensure the adoption of the relevant decision through officials of state authorities, in particular the NSDC, and the "guarantor" of the result was to be a people's deputy.
After the transfer of the first part of the amount — $125,000 — the company representative was assured that the funds would allegedly be received by NSDC officials. To formalize the transfer of money, loan receipts were used. As confirmation of the progress of the issue, the persons involved also showed a photograph of an annex to the sanctions lists.
At the same time, as the investigation established, the money was not actually transferred to NSDC officials, and the necessary sanctions decision was not made. NABU notes that the received $125,000 remained with the participants of the scheme, since they could not find an official who would agree to illegal actions.
The actions of the accused are qualified under Part 4 of Art. 27 and Part 4 of Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — incitement to giving an unlawful benefit to an official holding a particularly responsible position.
NABU and SAPO notified the People's Deputy and her accomplices of suspicion in December 2025. In June 2026, the investigation was completed and the materials were opened to the defense. Now, after sending the indictment, the case has moved to trial.
One of the accomplices has already entered into a plea agreement with the investigation, admitted guilt, and agreed to give incriminating testimony against the other defendants. The court sentenced him to five years of imprisonment, but released him from serving the sentence with a probationary period. In addition, he transferred UAH 700,000 to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine through UNITED24.
According to the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent until his guilt is proven in the manner prescribed by law and established by a conviction of the court.
