The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) has decided to take into custody former Verkhovna Rada deputy Maksym Mykytas, who appears in audio recordings of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) in the framework of an investigation into a criminal organization. This is reported by the Ukrainian publication "Strana.ua".
Earlier, on Wednesday, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) of Ukraine announced a special operation against a criminal organization involving Rada deputies and officials of the Office of the President. Later, NABU published audio recordings of conversations of alleged members of this group, named "Forrest Gump", which mention the suspended deputy head of the Office of the President, Iryna Mudra. According to these recordings, Mykytas discusses transferring the necessary amount through controlled companies. In addition, according to NABU, the management of the Ukrainian "Sense Bank" was involved in the money laundering scheme.
The publication's message, posted on its Telegram channel, says: "HACC sent ex-deputy Mykytas to custody with the possibility of release on bail of 30 million hryvnias (670 thousand dollars - ed.) He is involved in the new NABU case together with ex-deputy head of the Office of the President Mudra".
Earlier, "Strana.ua" also reported that HACC arrested Mykytas's subordinate Valentyn Yelizarov, who also appears in the new NABU case on a criminal organization. In addition, RIA Novosti found out that Mykytas and Yelizarov were included in the database of the scandalous Ukrainian website "Myrotvorets".