The case of ex-MP Andrii Levus on the illegal receipt of compensation for rent

The case of ex-MP Andrii Levus on the illegal receipt of compensation for rent
Start of the trial 23 June 2020
Instance CCC
Stage of criminal proceedings Cassation proceedings

On May 21, 2015, the HACC acquitted former MP Andrii Levus. He was accused of illegally receiving more than half a million hryvnias in compensation for renting an apartment in Kyiv, although he allegedly had a place to live. 

Andrii Levus is a former MP of the VIII convocation and former deputy to former SSU head Nalyvaichenko. According to the investigation, from December 2014 to 2017, he illegally received UAH 544,000 in compensation from the budget for accommodation at the Kyiv Hotel. MPs who do not have housing in Kyiv or a 30-kilometer zone near the city are accommodated there. At the same time, prosecutors noted that his wife owned two apartments in Kyiv.

 

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The court classified the case under Article 364, part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The HACC acquitted Levus. This was explained as follows: at the time, the law did not have precise rules that defined who was entitled to compensation. Allegedly, at the time the rules meant MPs without Kyiv registration, and Levus did not have it. Moreover, the judges did not agree that Levus' actions constituted abuse of office.

It is important to note that the former MP compensated the alleged damage in full at the stage of pre-trial investigation

The SAPO did not agree with this court decision, so it filed an appeal. The HACC Appeals Chamber has suspended Levus's case for the time being, as he was mobilized to the Armed Forces.

Proceeding No. 52020000000000227
Case No. 991/5181/20
Date the hearing was scheduled 23/06/2020
Subject
  • Member of Parliament of Ukraine
Qualification
Article 364, part 2
Pre-trial cases №
  • 991/3267/20
  • 991/2759/20
Instance Key parties
CCC 21/04/2026 Panel of judges: Yemets O.P.
HACC AC 29/06/2021 Panel of judges: Chorna V.V.
HACC 23/06/2020 Panel of judges: Maslov V.V., Strohyi I.L., Fedorak L.M.
CASE OF ANDRII LEVUS
Cassation proceedings

MP Andrii Levus was acquitted on charges that he received half a million in compensation for renting a hotel room in Kyiv. He was charged with an article that provides for a sentence of up to six years in prison.

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    March 17, 2020
    the NABU served Levus with a suspicion notice
  • March 18, 2020
    the HACC imposed bail on former MP in the amount of UAH 546,000
  • April 24, 2020
    the HACC released Levus on bail
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    May 21, 2021
    the HACC acquitted former MP Levus
  • November 11, 2022
    former MP Levus went to fight in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
  • December 27, 2022
    the HACC Appeals Chamber suspended consideration of the appeal in Levus’ case

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20 May 2021