UAH 20 mln bail posted for former Deputy Head of Presidential Office Iryna Mudra - media
Bail has been posted for former Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Iryna Mudra, who was in custody in the NABU and SAPO case. The amount is 20 million hryvnias.
This was reported on October 8 by "Ukrainska Pravda" and the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty project "Schemes" with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies.
According to media sources, the court-set bail for Mudra has been posted. At the same time, it is not yet specified who exactly transferred the funds and whether the former official has already left the pre-trial detention center.
On August 25, the High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a pretrial restraint on Iryna Mudra in the form of detention for 60 days with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of UAH 20 mln.
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office insisted on a significantly larger amount - UAH 150 mln. The prosecution referred, in particular, to data on possible assets of the former official exceeding UAH 250 mln. The defense called the bail amount proposed by the prosecution excessive.
After the court ruling, difficulties arose with depositing the funds. Already on August 26, Mudra's lawyer Artem Krykun-Trush reported that several bail providers had started transferring money, but the full amount could not be collected at that time.
Later, the defense stated that banks were refusing to process certain payments to the HACC account. The lawyers linked this to bank inspections and financial monitoring procedures.
On September 24, the High Anti-Corruption Court granted a corresponding defense complaint and ordered the National Bank to check the reasons for financial institutions' refusals to process payments for posting bail.
The NBU stated that it had not given banks instructions to block such transfers. The regulator explained that financial institutions independently make decisions on conducting transactions in accordance with financial monitoring legislation.
In late September, Mudra's defense tried to achieve a reduction of the bail to the amount already credited to the court accounts. At that time, it was about UAH 14 mln.
However, on September 28, the HACC refused to change the pretrial restraint. The SAPO prosecutor insisted that the previously set bail of UAH 20 mln remained justified. Accordingly, Mudra continued to remain in custody.
Now, according to sources of "Ukrainska Pravda", the issue of depositing the required amount has been resolved.
Iryna Mudra is one of the suspects in the anti-corruption investigations "Forest Gump" and "Femida". According to NABU and SAPO, members of an alleged criminal organization were engaged in illegal seizure of real estate and assets of enterprises, using forged documents, court decisions, and interference in state registers.
The investigation claims that in autumn 2025, members of the organization seized two enterprises with total assets exceeding UAH 248 mln. Another episode concerns an attempt to gain control over real estate in Kyiv worth over UAH 207 mln.
Separately, anti-corruption agencies are investigating the legalization of UAH 150 mln in cash, which, according to their version, had criminal origins. These funds were allegedly passed through accounts of controlled companies to post bail for one of the suspects in another case - "Midas".
In journalistic investigations, this episode was linked to bail for former Minister of Energy and Justice Herman Halushchenko. However, NABU has not officially named the person for whom these funds were intended.
On August 19, NABU detectives and SAPO prosecutors conducted searches at Iryna Mudra's and other suspects in the investigation. On the same day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed her from the position of Deputy Head of the Presidential Office.
Mudra denies her involvement in the alleged offenses. Her defense considers the suspicion unfounded. According to the presumption of innocence, the former official's guilt can only be established by a court conviction.
Based on: "Ukrainska Pravda", "Schemes", Suspilne
