The Appeal Court of Kyiv remanded businessman Ihor Mazepa in custody in the case of illegally acquiring land in the Kyiv region. At the same time, his bail was reduced to 21 million hryvnias.
The court reduced the bail for Ihor Mazepa
It is reported that the court decided to partially satisfy the appeals of the lawyer and the prosecutor.
Issue a new resolution on the application of a preventive measure in the form of detention until February 27 with the right to deposit a bail of 21 million hryvnias. Applications for bail shall be rejected, the judge said.
The amount of the pledge was reduced from 349 million 700 thousand hryvnias to 21 million hryvnias.
Mazepa participated in the meeting via video link.
What Mazepa is suspected of
On January 18, SBI officers detained the director of the Concorde Capital investment company, Ihor Mazepa, while trying to cross the Ukrainian-Polish border.
The law enforcement officers informed that he is the organizer of the scheme of illegal acquisition of the lands on which the hydro-technical facilities of the critical infrastructure — the Kyiv HPP — are located.
Three more of Mazepa's accomplices, including his brother, were also detained.
In November 2023, law enforcement officers detained members of a criminal organization who illegally took over 7 hectares of land at the Kyiv HPP during 2020-2021
The criminal organization included almost two dozen people: well-known investors in the field of luxury housing construction, their assistants, lawyers, architects, land surveyors, other qualified specialists and representatives of state bodies.
The actions of members of a criminal organisation and other persons are classified according to the following articles of Ukraine's Criminal Code:
255 (Creation, management of a criminal community or criminal organization, as well as participation in it),
233 (Illegal privatiыation of state and communal property),
209 (Legalization (laundering) of property obtained through criminal means).
Criminal organisation members face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
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