Case description
On August 19, 2024, the HACC found Yevhen Sinhayevskyi guilty of aiding and abetting the illegal privatization of land. He was sentenced to three years of probation based on a plea agreement with the investigation.
Yevhen Sinhayevskyi was involved in the criminal activities of an organized group, which consisted of officials of the Main Directorate of the State Geocadastre in the Kyiv region and other persons. The group wanted to illegally take over state agricultural lands that were used by the State Enterprise Research Farm Dmytrivka".
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The criminals operated between March 2018 and January 2019. Using their positions and powers, members of the group, in particular the head of the state land cadastre department, organized the registration of land plots to controlled persons. After that, using proxies, the group members established control over these lands and began looking for buyers.
According to the prosecution, the defendants took possession of land plots with an area of almost 920 hectares worth more than UAH 700 million. Sinhayevskyi acted as an accomplice. He was engaged in the preparation of documents for the registration of land plots to fictitious owners, as well as in the search for buyers for the further sale of these lands. Sinhayevskyi also organized meetings with potential buyers, during which the terms of land sales and the amount of bribes were discussed.
Yevhen Sinhayevskyi was indicted under Art. 27(5) and Art. 209(3) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. He concluded a plea agreement and was sentenced to 3 years of probation.
