Live Broadcast: Nikitas is Being Assigned a Pretrial Restriction
The High Anti-Corruption Court has extended its consideration of a motion regarding a pretrial measure for former People’s Deputy Maksym Mykytas in the “Forest Gump” case. The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office is requesting that he be remanded in custody, with an alternative bail of 200 million hryvnias. According to investigators, Mykytas may be involved in a scheme to launder 150 million hryvnias, which were used to post bail for one of the defendants in the “Midas” case.
The prosecutor is requesting that a pretrial measure in the form of detention with bail set at 200 million hryvnias be imposed.
According to the prosecution, the criminal organization, organized and formed by Stolar and Mykyta, included:
- Iryna Mudra, former deputy head of the Office of the President;
- Olena Ferens, Deputy Minister of Justice;
- Viktor Dubovyk, head of the Department of Legal Policy at the Office of the President;
- Vasyl Astion, a businessman and former member of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council;
- Valentin Yelizarov, a subordinate of Mykytas and head of Metrobud LLC;
- Mykola Hladyshenko, former chairman of the board of the state-owned “Sens Bank”;
- Oleg Stupak, former chairman of the board of the state-owned “Sens Bank”;
- Lyudmila Snigur, head of a department at the state-owned “Sens Bank”;
- Mykita Tarkovsky, associated with Mykitas;
- Yegor Merkulov, Mykitas’s driver and nominal head of “Montazh Service” LLC;
- Oleksandr Ostapenko, Mykytas’s bodyguard, nominal director of “Philosophy Development” LLC.
According to the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), no later than November 15, 2024, Mykyta and Stolar established a criminal organization and entered into a “code of conduct agreement.”
At the same time, the prosecutor noted, Iryna Mudra exerted influence over Deputy Minister of Justice Olena Ferens regarding the work of the Ministry of Justice’s anti-raiding commission. Viktor Dubovyk advised and issued instructions within this commission. Vasyl Astion was responsible for supporting decisions in court.
Yelizarov coordinated operational activities, sought out individuals to register companies, and participated in the laundering of funds in June 2026.
At the same time, according to the SAP, Sense Bank representatives Gladyshenko, Stupak, and Snigur facilitated the laundering of funds.
NABU has revealed the first details of the dismantling of the criminal group as part of the “Forest Gump” special operation.
As a reminder, searches are being conducted at Sense Bank as part of a joint anti-corruption special operation by NABU and the SAP.
NABU and the SAP announced a special operation to expose a criminal organization which, according to preliminary data, operated under the leadership of current and former members of the Ukrainian Parliament and with the participation of high-ranking officials from the Office of the President and other individuals.
As part of the “Forest Gump” anti-corruption special operation, searches are also being conducted at the residence of Iryna Mudra, deputy head of the Office of the President.
NABU and the SAPO have released wiretap recordings in connection with the “Forest Gump” anti-corruption special operation.
