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The case of the Krayan plant

  • Date of commencement of the case: 16/03/2021
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The case of the Krayan plant The case of the Krayan plant

Case description

On July 4, 2019, the Malynovskyi District Court of Odesa acquitted Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov and 7 other defendants in the case of the Krayan plant regarding the conversion of over UAH 92 million of budget funds. However, the HACC overturned this verdict, and the case is still being considered on the merits.

The events that led to the opening of criminal proceedings against Trukhanov and a number of others took place in 2016. The investigation believes that in early 2016, Trukhanov agreed with several companies to seize funds from the Odesa budget. Specifically, Trukhanov planned to buy one of the buildings of the former Krayan plant at twice the price: the seller purchased the entire complex of buildings for UAH 11.5 million, and the Odesa City Council purchased a part of the buildings for UAH 185 million.

In order to pull off the scheme, they even engaged a third-party appraiser, who determined the significantly inflated price of the Krayan building. The NABU also reported that the head of this appraiser company had already been prosecuted for unreliable property valuations.

Development Elite LLC, which received the funds from the Odesa City Council, in turn, tried to withdraw them to the accounts of the allegedly fictitious A Motors Plus company by concluding contracts for the alleged supply of combine harvesters. 

How were council members convinced to vote for this idea? According to the detectives, Trukhanov and Vuhelman, his deputy, misled the city council members. They said that the vote for the purchase of the Krayan building was a priority, the price was reasonable, and the building itself was described in a completely different way than the conditions in it actually were. Trukhanov also told council members that the project was jointly funded by local and national budgets.

As a result, the following officials are accused in this case:

  • Hennadii Trukhanov, Mayor of Odesa.

  • Pavlo Vuhelman, Deputy Mayor of Odesa. The investigation believes that he involved Odesa City Council officials in the scheme.

  • Vasyl Shkriabai, head of the Standing Committee on Municipal Property of the Odesa City Council. The investigation believes that it was he who provided a positive assessment and submitted the draft decision on the purchase to the extraordinary session.

  • Petro Zahodirenko, Director of Development Elite

  • Oleksii Spektor, former director of the Department of Municipal Property of Odesa City Council

  • Volodymyr Radionov, Deputy Director of the Department of Municipal Property of Odesa City Council

  • Ihor Kravchenko, lawyer

The case against Halyna Bohdanova, the appraiser of Krayan's buildings, was closed due to the death of the accused.

The Malynovskyi District Court of Odesa, which was the first to hear the case, found no conspiracy between the defendants to buy the plant. Therefore, all of them were acquitted: the actions of the majority were qualified under Article 191, part 5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

However, the HACC Appeals Chambers overturned the acquittal and ordered a new trial in the HACC for all but Halyna Bohdanova in 2021. Since the fall of 2021, the HACC could not hold a single preparatory hearing in this case, as there have been constant illnesses, vacations, absences of participants, and judges' recusal. 

Finally, in April 2023, everyone attended the hearing, and Trukhanov was ordered to pay more than UAH 30 million in bail. He failed to do so and was taken into custody with the alternative of bail, although Kyiv Mayor Klitschko and MP Anton Kisse were ready to bail Trukhanov out. The next day, Dmytro Tantsiura, member of the pro-mayor faction, posted bail for Trukhanov, and the mayor was then forced to wear an electronic bracelet.

In July 2023, the term of Trukhanov's duties expired because the judges did not have time to consider the SAPO's motion to extend these duties due to summer leaves. The case is currently being considered on the merits.

  • Proceeding No.: 52016000000000411
  • Case No.: 521/17260/18 show all cases hide other cases
  • Other court cases No.: 991/2550/22, 991/3016/23
  • Incriminated: Article 191, part 5, Article 364, part 2, Article 368, part 4, Article 369, part 3, Article 206-2, part 3, Article 209, part 3
Instance Key parties Instance /Key parties:
HACC
31/07/2023

Panel of judges: Tkachenko O.V.

HACC AC
15/11/2021

Panel of judges: Kaluhina I.O., Pankulych V.I., Panaid I.V., Mykhailenko D.H., Semennykov O.Yu.

Lawyer: Doroshenka K.K.

Prosecutor: Musiiaka V.V.

CCC
14/05/2021

Panel of judges: Kovtunovych M.I., Luhanskyi Yu.M., Fomin S.B.

HACC AC
14/04/2021

Panel of judges: Pankulych V.I., Bodnar S.B., Panaid I.V.

Prosecutor: Olefir Yu.O.

CCC
26/03/2021

Panel of judges: Kovtunovych M.I., Luhanskyi Yu.M., Fomin S.B.

HACC
16/03/2021

Panel of judges: Tkachenko O.V., Koliush O.L., Dubas V.M.

CCC
07/11/2019

Panel of judges: Kovtunovych M.I., Storozhenko S.O., Luhanskyi Yu.M., Fomin S.B., Borodii V.M., Chystyk A.O.

Lawyer: Lysenka S.M.

HACC AC
18/10/2019

Panel of judges: Pankulych V.I.

Lawyer: Poshyvaniuk T.P.

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THE CASE OF THE KRAYAN PLANT

Investigators believe that Odesa Mayor Trukhanov deliberately organized a scheme to embezzle UAH 92 million of budget funds when the city council purchased the Krayan plant building at an inflated price. The scheme included 6 other defendants, and Trukhanov himself was taken into custody and released. The trial on the merits is ongoing.

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    February 13, 2018
    Trukhanov and others were served with suspicion notices of embezzlement of UAH 92 million from the Odesa city budget
  • February 14, 2018
    the NABU detained Trukhanov and Vuhelman at Boryspil Airport
  • February 15, 2018
    the court released Trukhanov on the bail of then MP Dmytro Holubov
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    July 4, 2019
    the Malynovskyi District Court of Odesa acquitted all defendants in the Krayan case
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    February 11, 2021
    the HACC Appeals Chamber overturned Odesa Court's acquittal and ordered a new trial in the first instance
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    June 16, 2021
    the HACC Appeals Chamber closed proceedings against appraiser Halyna Bohdanova due to her death
  • April 25, 2023
    the HACC changed Trukhanov's bail from a personal obligation to more than UAH 30 million
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    May 4, 2023
    Trukhanov was taken into custody in a courtroom with an alternative of UAH 13 million bail
  • May 5, 2023
    MP Dmytro Tantsiura posted bail for Trukhanov, so he was released from custody with an electronic bracelet
  • July 19, 2023
    the HACC did not extend the term of duties imposed on Trukhanov, which essentially removed his electronic bracelet

Decisions from the Register

Case No. Court Decision date Decision type
521/17260/18 HACC AC 18/10/2019 Opening of appeal proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC AC 21/10/2019 Opening of appeal proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC AC 23/10/2019
521/17260/18 HACC AC 31/10/2019
521/17260/18 CCC 07/11/2019 On the refusal to open cassation proceedings
521/17260/18 CCC 07/11/2019 On the refusal to open cassation proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC AC 18/11/2019
521/17260/18 HACC AC 18/11/2019
521/17260/18 HACC AC 18/11/2019
521/17260/18 HACC AC 03/12/2019
521/17260/18 HACC AC 04/12/2019
521/17260/18 HACC AC 26/12/2019
521/17260/18 HACC AC 28/02/2020
521/17260/18 HACC AC 28/02/2020
521/17260/18 HACC AC 28/02/2020
521/17260/18 HACC AC 28/02/2020
521/17260/18 HACC AC 28/02/2020
521/17260/18 HACC AC 13/03/2020
521/17260/18 CCC 23/03/2020 On the refusal to open cassation proceedings
521/17260/18 CCC 18/05/2020
521/17260/18 HACC AC 20/01/2021
521/17260/18 CCC 27/01/2021 On the refusal to open cassation proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC AC 11/02/2021 On the appointment of a new trial in the court of the first instance
521/17260/18 HACC AC 11/02/2021 On the appointment of a new trial in the court of the first instance
521/17260/18 HACC AC 19/02/2021
521/17260/18 HACC AC 19/02/2021
521/17260/18 HACC AC 01/03/2021
521/17260/18 HACC AC 03/03/2021
521/17260/18 HACC AC 09/03/2021
521/17260/18 CCC 10/03/2021 On the refusal to open cassation proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC AC 11/03/2021
521/17260/18 CCC 15/03/2021 On the refusal to open cassation proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 16/03/2021 On the appointment of a preparatory court hearing
521/17260/18 HACC 25/03/2021
521/17260/18 CCC 26/03/2021 On the refusal to open cassation proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC AC 14/04/2021 Completion of the preparation and appointment of the appeal hearing
521/17260/18 CCC 14/05/2021 On the refusal to open cassation proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 20/05/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 20/05/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 25/05/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 25/05/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 15/06/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 15/06/2021
521/17260/18 HACC AC 16/06/2021 Decision on closing the criminal proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC AC 16/06/2021 Decision on closing the criminal proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 01/07/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 01/07/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 19/10/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 19/10/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 02/11/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 09/11/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 09/11/2021
521/17260/18 HACC AC 15/11/2021 Opening of appeal proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC AC 25/11/2021 Completion of the preparation and appointment of the appeal hearing
521/17260/18 HACC AC 07/12/2021
521/17260/18 HACC AC 07/12/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 29/12/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 29/12/2021
521/17260/18 HACC 18/07/2022 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 19/07/2022
521/17260/18 HACC 19/07/2022
991/2550/22 HACC AC 29/08/2022
991/2550/22 HACC AC 29/08/2022
521/17260/18 HACC 05/09/2022 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 06/09/2022
521/17260/18 HACC 06/09/2022
521/17260/18 HACC 27/10/2022 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 01/11/2022
521/17260/18 HACC 09/11/2022
521/17260/18 HACC 29/11/2022
521/17260/18 HACC 12/12/2022 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 01/02/2023 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC AC 14/02/2023
521/17260/18 HACC AC 14/02/2023
521/17260/18 HACC AC 14/02/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 16/02/2023 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 27/03/2023 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 04/04/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 04/04/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 04/04/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 04/04/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 20/04/2023 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 25/04/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 25/04/2023 Separate opinion of the HACC judge
521/17260/18 HACC 25/04/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 26/04/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 26/04/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 27/04/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 27/04/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 27/04/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 27/04/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 01/05/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
991/3016/23 HACC 01/05/2023 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 01/05/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 02/05/2023 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 04/05/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 04/05/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 04/05/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 04/05/2023
521/17260/18 HACC AC 08/05/2023 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC AC 12/05/2023 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC AC 16/05/2023
521/17260/18 HACC AC 16/05/2023
991/3016/23 HACC 05/07/2023
991/3016/23 HACC 05/07/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 21/07/2023 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 26/07/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 26/07/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 26/07/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 26/07/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 26/07/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 26/07/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 26/07/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 26/07/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 26/07/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 26/07/2023 On changing the interim measure for the accused
521/17260/18 HACC 31/07/2023 On the appointment of a preparatory court hearing, Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 14/09/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 14/09/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 14/09/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 14/09/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 21/09/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 21/09/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 12/10/2023 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
521/17260/18 HACC 31/10/2023
521/17260/18 HACC 31/10/2023
991/3016/23 HACC 05/02/2024 Decision on the consideration of a recusal
991/3016/23 HACC 05/02/2024 Decision on the consideration of a recusal
991/3016/23 HACC 06/06/2024 Decision on the implementation of remote court proceedings
991/3016/23 HACC 10/06/2024
991/3016/23 HACC 10/06/2024
521/17260/18 HACC 12/06/2024
521/17260/18 HACC 12/06/2024
521/17260/18 HACC 12/06/2024
521/17260/18 HACC 12/06/2024
991/3016/23 HACC 22/07/2024
991/3016/23 HACC 22/07/2024
521/17260/18 HACC 29/07/2024
991/3016/23 HACC 12/09/2024
991/3016/23 HACC 12/09/2024
521/17260/18 HACC 20/11/2024
521/17260/18 HACC 20/11/2024
521/17260/18 HACC 20/11/2024
521/17260/18 HACC 20/11/2024