The High Anti-Corruption Court on October 22 eased procedural restrictions for former Minister of Energy and Justice Herman Halushchenko, who is a suspect in the Midas case. The court refused to extend the obligation to wear an electronic bracelet, but left other restrictions in force for another two months.
The press service of the High Anti-Corruption Court reported this.
The investigating judge partially granted the motion of the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, but did not agree to continue electronic monitoring of the ex-minister.
At the same time, Halushchenko, as before, is obliged to appear when summoned by NABU detectives, SAP prosecutors and the court. He cannot leave Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast without permission from law enforcement, must report any change of residence and refrain from communicating with persons determined by the court.
Also remaining in force is the obligation to deposit all passports for traveling abroad and other documents that allow leaving Ukraine.
The reasons for refusing to extend electronic monitoring are currently not published. The HACC said that the motives for the decision will be set out in the full text of the ruling, which will later appear in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions.
Halushchenko case: arrest and release from pre-trial detention on bail
Herman Halushchenko is a person involved in the anti-corruption investigation Midas, which concerns alleged corruption in the energy sector, particularly around the state-owned Energoatom.
On February 15, 2026, the ex-minister was detained while trying to leave Ukraine. The next day NABU and SAP notified him of suspicion of participation in a criminal organization and legalization of property obtained by criminal means.
On February 17, the HACC sent Halushchenko into custody with an alternative of posting bail in the amount of UAH 200 million. After that the former official spent more than four months in a pre-trial detention center.
In June the court extended the period of detention, but reduced the amount of bail to UAH 150 million.
On June 29, the entire necessary sum was posted by four private companies: Tetras Optima, Hiran Construct, Skyt Retail and Pelet Service. After the bail was posted, Halushchenko was released from the pre-trial detention center, and the court imposed on him a number of procedural obligations, including wearing an electronic bracelet.
The origin of the bail became the subject of a separate NABU investigation
Subsequently, anti-corruption bodies began investigating the origin of the UAH 150 million that allowed Halushchenko to be released from custody.
On August 19, NABU and SAP reported exposing an alleged money laundering scheme within Operation Forest Gump.
According to the investigation, the organizers of the scheme used controlled companies, conversion mechanisms and accounts at banking institutions, in particular the state-owned Sense Bank, to convert cash into non-cash form and then channel it into posting bail.
Investigators assume that the money could have criminal origins. Earlier, “Kurs Ukrainy” reported in detail about the scheme with Sense Bank and Halushchenko’s bail.
In early September, SAP Head Oleksandr Klymenko said that the prosecution filed a motion in court to seize these UAH 150 million and transfer the funds to ARMA management.
According to Klymenko, if the motion were granted, the validity of the posted bail would be called into question and Halushchenko could be taken into custody again. At the same time, the prosecution's appeal alone does not mean the funds have been seized or that the preventive measure has already been changed.
The HACC decision of October 22 concerns only the ex-minister's procedural obligations and does not mean closing the criminal proceedings or completing the investigation into the origin of the bail.
Halushchenko retains the status of a suspect. According to the Constitution of Ukraine, he is presumed innocent until his guilt is proven by a court verdict.
Sources: High Anti-Corruption Court, NABU, Suspilne
