The High Anti-Corruption Court (HAC) selected a preventive measure in the form of bail amounting to 300 million hryvnia for People's Deputy Vadym Stolar. According to the court's ruling, this measure does not involve taking the defendant into custody. According to information available to the editorial team, this is the largest bail the court has set for any of the suspects in the case under investigation, which underscores the scale of the actions attributed to Stolar and the investigation's assessment of his potential influence on the course of the proceedings.
The Scheme, According to the Investigation
As a reminder, back in August the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) announced the exposure of a criminal organization. According to the investigation, its activities were aimed at the illegal appropriation of high-value real estate and other assets. As NABU stated, the participants of the scheme hacked the information systems of the Ministry of Justice, as well as forged court decisions and property title documents. It was precisely these methods, according to the investigation, that allowed the suspects to launder other people's property and bypass the legal procedures for registering rights.
Charges and the Circle of Suspects
Vadym Stolar, in particular, is charged with establishing a criminal organization, illegal appropriation of property, document forgery, and unauthorized interference with the operation of information systems. A total of 12 individuals have been notified of suspicion within the framework of the investigation, among whom, according to available data, are both current and former People's Deputies. This indicates that the case involves a wide circle of individuals with varying levels of access to state resources and registration databases.
Bail Amount and Procedural Context
Setting bail at 300 million hryvnia without detention means that the court deemed financial security sufficient to ensure the suspect's appearance and to prevent pressure on witnesses or the destruction of evidence. Such practice is typical for cases where the investigation needs to preserve the possibility of further cooperation with the suspect, and the suspect himself has sufficient assets to post bail. The HAC's ruling thus marks the current stage of the procedural confrontation and sets the framework for the further actions of the defense and the prosecution.
Contradictory Data
Fact-checking revealed a discrepancy in the name of the case across open sources. Some media outlets (including RBC and ZN) link the preventive measure to the case known as the "Themis" case, whereas other publications (in particular, Slovoidilo) use the name "Forrest Gump" for the same investigation. In addition, certain media report that bail for one of the suspects has already been posted in full, however, in the official materials underlying this article, this fact is not directly confirmed. The XAB.info editorial team records both versions and recommends that readers take into account the possible confusion in case names, since no single public name has been established in the provided sources.
