The HACC found lawyer Oleksii Nosov guilty of offering an unlawful benefit to NABU and SAPO officials. He was sentenced to 4.5 years' imprisonment, together with an additional penalty.

According to the investigation, Nosov offered anti-corruption officials a $200,000 bribe in exchange for a decision to transfer his client's case to a different pretrial investigation body.

At the time, Nosov was a partner at the Miller Law Firm, which represented the interests of Yuliia Frolova, chair of the board of Alliance Bank. Frolova is one of the persons involved in the case concerning the misappropriation of electric power from Ukrenergo worth UAH 716 million and the legalization of the funds obtained from its sale. According to the investigation, the scheme was implemented in 2022 by United Energy, a company reportedly linked to Ihor Kolomoiskyi, with Alliance Bank acting as the guarantor for the transactions.

According to the investigation, Nosov approached an intermediary who was to deliver the offered unlawful benefit to NABU and SAPO officials, who in turn were to:

• resume pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings;
• change the classification of Frolova’s acts to another article, which is not within the jurisdiction of the NABU;
• notify her of the change of the previously served suspicion notice;
• separate the proceeding concerning Frolova;
• transfer materials of the proceedings to the National Police.

Oleksii Nosov planned to make a transfer of improper advantage in two steps: to provide $100,000 after the fulfillment of the first four points and another $100,000 upon transfer of the case to the police.

The plan fell through, however: the person through whom Nosov intended to pass the bribe filed a report of a crime. Nosov’s subsequent actions were documented as part of a controlled operation.

Instead of genuine procedural decisions, the intermediary used simulated draft rulings on reopening the case and severing the materials. The lawfulness of using such means is expressly provided for by Article 273 of the CPC of Ukraine.

Oleksii Nosov was served with a notice of suspicion on June 4, 2024.

The covert investigative materials also recorded that Nosov tried to conceal his actions and took steps to keep them covert: he deleted his correspondence with the intermediary and refused to hand over passwords; during conversations with the intermediary he did not answer questions directly but leaned in and showed something on his phone; and he avoided answering clarifying questions about the size of the second part of the bribe, among other things.

In court, Nosov stated that he had not discussed the possibility of bribing law enforcement officers with Frolova. Nosov’s defense also argued that the lawyer’s actions had been provoked by law enforcement, but at the pretrial-measure hearing the court found those arguments unpersuasive. The law firm officially distanced itself from its colleague's actions, announcing that it was terminating any relationship with him and launching an internal investigation.

Nosov’s acts were classified under Article 369(3) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

On the day the notice of suspicion was served on Nosov, the Miller Law Firm announced that it was severing ties with him. A few days later, on June 12, 2024, he was dismissed.

In June 2026, the HACC delivered its verdict in the Nosov case: the lawyer was found guilty of offering an unlawful benefit to SAPO officials.

Nosov was given the following sentence:

• 4.5 years' imprisonment (an actual, non-suspended term);
• a three-year ban on practicing law.

The court also applied special confiscation to the $100,000.

Text updated on June 9, 2026