Operations Forrest Gump and Themis: HACC Sets Bail for Liudmyla Snihur

Operations Forrest Gump and Themis: HACC Sets Bail for Liudmyla Snihur
Operations Forrest Gump and Themis: HACC Sets Bail for Liudmyla Snihur

On September 4, 2026, the HACC set bail of UAH 3 million as the preventive measure for Liudmyla Snihur, former head of Sense Bank's financial monitoring department. If the bail is posted, she will be placed under a number of obligations:

  • to appear on every summons from the detective, prosecutor, and court;
  • to notify the investigator, prosecutor, or court of any change of residence or workplace;
  • not to leave Kyiv Region;
  • to refrain from contact with the other suspects in the case and with witnesses, and from visiting the premises of Sense Bank, the National Bank of Ukraine, and the State Border Guard Service;
  • to surrender her international passport.

According to investigators, Liudmyla Snihur was aware of the illicit origin of the funds routed through the bank to post bail for Herman Halushchenko. She allegedly ensured that the payments cleared financial monitoring and that the funds were credited to the accounts of legal entities involved in the laundering scheme. The funds were then transferred to the accounts of other legal entities without the relevant transactions being blocked. Investigators say Snihur ensured that the bank accepted primary documents creating the appearance of genuine business transactions.

The prosecutor had asked for detention with the alternative of posting UAH 6 million bail.