--- title: "Court to Choose Preventive Measure for Sense Bank Head Stupak: SAP Prosecutor Requests Arrest with 150 Million Hryvnia Bail" description: "On August 25, the High Anti-Corruption Court is considering a motion on a preventive measure for Oleksiy Stupak, head of the board of Sense Bank. The SAP prosecutor is requesting his detention, with an alternative of 150 million hryvnia bail." date: 2026-08-25T13:14:02.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/sense-bank-stupak-court-preventive-measure-bail-150-million-en tags: [sense-bank, anti-corruption, ukraine, sap, nabu, court, money-laundering] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Court to Choose Preventive Measure for Sense Bank Head Stupak: SAP Prosecutor Requests Arrest with 150 Million Hryvnia Bail ![Judge in black robe with badge reading documents in courtroom](https://xab.info/media/2026/08/25/sense-bank-stupak-sud-mera-prescheniya-zalog-150-mln/sense-bank-stupak-sud-mera-prescheniya-zalog-150-mln-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - On August 25, the High Anti-Corruption Court is considering a motion on a preventive measure for Oleksiy Stupak, chairman of the board of Sense Bank. - The SAP prosecutor is requesting Stupak's detention, naming bail of 150 million hryvnia as the alternative. - The case is tied to a NABU and SAP investigation into a criminal organization with possible involvement of Office of the President officials and members of parliament; according to the investigation, 150 million hryvnia in cash was laundered through the bank's accounts. - On August 19, the Cabinet of Ministers removed Mykola Hladyshenko, head of Sense Bank's supervisory board, and initiated the removal of Stupak; the Rada summoned the head of the NBU, Andriy Pyshnyi, to report. On August 25, a hearing was held at the High Anti-Corruption Court on a motion to apply a preventive measure against Oleksiy Stupak, chairman of the board of the state-owned Sense Bank. This is reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing a broadcast of the court session. According to the prosecution, Stupak is implicated in a case that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) are handling as part of an investigation into the activities of a criminal organization, which, according to the investigation, may involve officials of the Office of the President, as well as current and former members of parliament. ### Prosecution's position: arrest or 150 million hryvnia bail At the hearing, a prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office asked the court to detain Oleksiy Stupak. The prosecution named the alternative to detention as the posting of bail in the amount of 150 million hryvnia. Thus, the court must choose between the strictest preventive measure and a security payment comparable to the amount that the investigation considers to have been laundered within the scheme. ### Who is Oleksiy Stupak Oleksiy Stupak took the helm of Sense Bank's board in February 2024. Before that, he worked in the banking sector for more than 20 years: according to available data, he served at Pravex Bank, Index Bank, and Credit Agricole Bank. He joined Sense Bank back in 2019, where he was in charge of the corporate business division. It was he, according to the investigation, who may have been used as a figure ensuring the flow of funds through the bank's accounts and those of affiliated companies. ### The laundering scheme and the circle of suspects According to the investigation, members of the group may have organized a scheme to launder 150 million hryvnia in cash: the money, according to the investigation, was brought in in sacks, after which it was processed through the accounts of Sense Bank and affiliated companies. Separately, the investigation is examining possible attempts to gain control over the bank, as well as possible interference in the competition for the head of the SAP position. Among the case's suspects, RBC-Ukraine sources named the Deputy Head of the Office of the President, Iryna Mudra, member of parliament Vadym Stolyar, and former MP Maksym Nikityas. Notably, Iryna Mudra was not dismissed from her position. ### Reaction from the authorities, the regulator, and the government After the case materials were made public, the Verkhovna Rada summoned the head of the National Bank, Andriy Pyshnyi, to report on the situation around Sense Bank. On August 19, the Cabinet of Ministers decided to remove Oleksiy Stupak's counterpart, the chairman of the supervisory board of the state-owned Sense Bank, Mykola Hladyshenko, and simultaneously initiated the removal of the bank's board chairman, Oleksiy Stupak. These personnel decisions became part of the government's official reaction to the investigation's revelations. ### Operation "Forrest Gump" and the question of influence over the bank NABU and SAP also published fragments of conversations recorded as part of Operation "Forrest Gump," in which, in particular, there was talk of possible influence over the nationalized Sense Bank. These recordings, by the investigation's design, illustrate the mechanisms of pressure on the bank and attempts to control it by interested parties. The outcome of the consideration of the motion on the preventive measure for Stupak had not been announced at the time of preparing this material. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Preventive measure being chosen for the head of Sense Bank: what bail is SAP requesting](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/kerivniku-sense-bank-obirayut-zapobizhniy-1787663435.html) - Подтверждает заседание в Высшем антикоррупционном суде 25 августа, просьбу прокурора САП об аресте и залог 150 млн грн, а также круг фигурантов и детали схемы. - [Prosecutor requests that Sense Bank head Stupak be detained with 150 million hryvnia bail](https://unn.ua/ru/news/prokuror-prosit-vzyat-pod-strazhu-glavu-sense-bank-stupaka-s-zalogom-v-razmere-150-mln-griven) - Совпадает с версией RBC по сути ходатайства и сумме залога (150 млн грн). - [In Ukraine, the names of the suspects in the money laundering scandal through Sense Bank are revealed](https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/28029485) - Подтверждает контекст дела об отмывании через Sense Bank и имена фигурантов. - [In Ukraine, the court arrests the head of "Metrostroy," Yelizarov, for two months](https://news.rambler.ru/world/56942953-na-ukraine-sud-arestoval-rukovoditelya-metrostroya-elizarova-na-dva-mesyatsa/) - Относится к другому лицу и делу (Метрострой/Елизаров), к теме Sense Bank не относится, в статью не включен. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: What preventive measure is the prosecution requesting for Oleksiy Stupak? **A:** A prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office is asking the court to detain Stupak, naming bail in the amount of 150 million hryvnia as the alternative. ### Q: What is Sense Bank accused of according to the investigation? **A:** According to the investigation, a scheme to launder 150 million hryvnia in cash, brought in in sacks, may have been processed through the accounts of Sense Bank and affiliated companies; attempts to gain control over the bank and interference in the competition for the head of the SAP position are also being examined. ### Q: What personnel decisions did the government make? **A:** On August 19, the Cabinet of Ministers removed Mykola Hladyshenko, chairman of the supervisory board of Sense Bank, and initiated the removal of board chairman Oleksiy Stupak; the Verkhovna Rada summoned the head of the NBU, Andriy Pyshnyi, to report.