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Former Head of Boryspil Airport Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison

On Wednesday, March 1, the panel of judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court passed a verdict and found the former acting general director and head of one of the services of the SE “Boryspil International Airport” guilty.

The former acting general director was found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to hold positions related to the performance of organizational and administrative functions for a period of 3 years.

The former head of one of the services was found guilty under Part 5 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment with the deprivation of the right to hold positions related to the performance of organizational and administrative functions for a period of 3 years.

The court awarded both defendants a fee in the amount of UAH 8,500 each.

The accusation related to the violation of the procedure established by the law and the Statute for the lease of state property by concluding preliminary lease agreements in order to avoid tender procedures with the participation of the State Property Fund of Ukraine and for understated lease payments, which caused serious consequences in the amount of UAH 15,709,655.

The anti-corruption court also made a decision to recover material damages in the amount of UAH 10 million 996 thousand 758 jointly from both defendants in favor of the Regional branch of the State Property Fund of Ukraine in Kyiv, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions.