Following the media coverage, NABU classified the VAKS rulings in the Forest Gump case
All references to the “Forest Gump” criminal case involving the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) have been removed from the Unified State Register of Court Decisions. As of September 9, 20 court rulings from the High Anti-Corruption Court and its Appeals Chamber—which were previously available for viewing—have been removed from the registry.
This concerns criminal case No. 52026000000000092. A search by case number in the court registry currently yields no results.
According to information received from sources within law enforcement agencies, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine has restricted public access to the relevant information due to the confidentiality of the pre-trial investigation.
Previously, decisions by the High Anti-Corruption Court and its Appeals Chamber, issued as part of the “Forest Gump” case, were publicly available.
In total, according to the data provided, 20 rulings have disappeared from the court registry.
Now, when searching by the criminal case number, the system does not return any documents, even though the relevant court decisions were previously available to the public.
According to sources in law enforcement agencies, the reason was a decision to classify information related to the proceedings for the duration of the pretrial investigation.
This is likely due to the need to prevent the disclosure of information that may contain details of the pretrial investigation.
At the same time, the specific grounds for removing each of the 20 rulings from public access and the scope of the information that was restricted are not specified separately in the data provided.
Law enforcement officials must now determine who communicated with whom and for what purpose, whether these conversations related to specific court cases, and whether there were attempts to unlawfully influence decisions. The editorial staff continues to verify this information and is prepared to publish the statements of all individuals mentioned in the article. This was reported by the Judicial and Legal Gazette.
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