The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has arrested the former head of the State Property Fund, Dmytro Sennichenko, in absentia. This was reported by the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO).
On 7 May, the HACC investigating judge upheld the position of the SAPO prosecutor and imposed a custodial measure of restraint on the former Head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine, who, according to the SAPO, headed a criminal group that seized more than UAH 500 million of state-owned enterprises' funds in 2019-2021, Sennychenko is suspected of laundering over UAH 10 billion from the sale of several companies, including the largest chemical enterprise in Ukraine, Odesa Port Plant, and one of the world's largest producers of titanium raw materials, United Mining and Chemical Company, and legalising the proceeds of crime in excess of UAH 10 billion.
After the suspect, who is on the international wanted list, is detained and brought to the pre-trial investigation, the investigating judge will decide on the application of this preventive measure.