HACC imposes pre-trial restraint measure on ex-head of the Cassation Court Lvov

The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine imposed a pre-trial restraint measure on former Chairman of the Cassation Commercial Court within the Supreme Court Bohdan Lvov, who is suspected of legalizing property worth about 26 million hryvnias. The court set bail at 998.4 thousand hryvnias, although the prosecution demanded a significantly larger amount.

This was reported on Tuesday, October 13, by the HACC press service and the Anti-Corruption Action Centre.

The investigating judge partially granted the prosecution's motion, setting bail at 998,400 hryvnias instead of the 10 million hryvnias requested by the prosecutor.

According to the court ruling, the suspect is obliged to deposit the set amount into the HACC deposit account within five days or ensure its deposit by another person.

In addition, a number of procedural obligations were imposed on Lvov. In particular, he must wear an electronic bracelet, surrender his foreign passport, not leave Kyiv without the appropriate permission, and refrain from communicating with certain persons.

The former judge is also obliged to appear before NABU detectives and prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office upon first request.

The SAPO announced disagreement with the court decision and the intention to appeal the bail amount to the appellate instance.

Recall that on September 23, NABU and SAPO notified the former head of the Cassation Commercial Court of suspicion of legalizing property obtained through criminal means on a particularly large scale.

According to the investigation, during 2021–2022 Lvov acquired assets totaling about 26 million hryvnias. These include a residential house with a land plot, two apartment-suites, and four separate land plots.

Law enforcement officials believe that to conceal the origin of the funds and the actual owner of the real estate, the former judge involved his subordinate, who actually performed the duties of his secretary.

The acquired property, according to the investigation, was registered in the name of the mother of Lvov's former assistant. Thus, as the detectives allege, the participants in the alleged scheme tried to hide the true owner of the assets.

In addition to Lvov, his former subordinate and her mother were also given notices of suspicion in this criminal proceeding. The actions of the defendants were classified under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provides for liability for legalization of property obtained through criminal means.

However, the current criminal proceeding is not the only case in which the former Supreme Court judge appears.

Previously, Lvov was notified of suspicion of aiding in the seizure of the Ukrainian part of the main oil product pipeline "Samara — West Direction", known as the "Medvedchuk pipe".

According to the investigation, the damage to the state as a result of the alleged scheme amounted to about 1.4 billion hryvnias. Law enforcement officials believe that Lvov may have facilitated judicial decisions related to the transfer of control over the oil product pipeline to structures affiliated with Viktor Medvedchuk.

Within this separate criminal proceeding, the court has previously repeatedly reviewed the pre-trial restraint measure against the former judge. In September 2026, the HACC reduced the bail set for him from 15 to 5 million hryvnias.

Thus, the bail in the amount of 998.4 thousand hryvnias imposed on October 13 pertains specifically to the new case of alleged legalization of real estate worth 26 million hryvnias.

Bohdan Lvov remains a suspect. Under Ukrainian law, his guilt may be established solely by a court conviction that has entered into legal force.

Source: High Anti-Corruption Court, Anti-Corruption Action Centre, NABU, Transparency International Ukraine.