According to the court decision, Sheiko must remain under 24-hour house arrest until February 2, 2026 and wear an electronic bracelet.
The former official was detained on December 2, he is suspected of taking property by abuse of official position on an especially large scale (Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The prosecutor's office reported that we are talking about an overstatement of the cost by UAH 18.6 million when Energoatom concluded an agreement on compulsory insurance of civil liability for nuclear damage.
In addition, in the ownership structure of the insurance company – PJSC “Prosto-Strakhuvannya” – law enforcement officers discovered owners from the aggressor country of Russia.
Suspilne writes that lawyer Sheiko explained the difference in the insurance amount by a change in the exchange rate of the National Bank of Ukraine at the time of signing the additional agreement.
Sheiko denied his involvement in the schemes, saying that he signed the documents only at the final stage after they were approved by all relevant departments: legal, financial, contractual, media reports.
“I was never an organizer, I did not participate in any schemes or schemes, I did not give instructions to do anything, to do any machinations. This is the first thing. Second, as the lawyer has already said, I never gave any instructions,” journalists quote Sheiko.
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Commenting on November 2 on the detention of the ex-Energoatom official, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Kravchenko wrote that “this is not just corruption” and “not only a matter of economics,” but “issues of national security.”
“All this ultimately leads to one financial group – the Russian holding company RESO. Its ultimate beneficiaries are citizens of the Russian Federation. […] In war conditions, any hidden connections with Russian capital in strategically important areas are especially dangerous,” he said.
Before this, Ukrainian law enforcement officers discovered another corruption scheme at Energoatom. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine announced a “high-level criminal organization” that offered state-owned company contractors to pay kickbacks of 10% to 15% for goods and services, threatening to block payments from the budget or break off cooperation. Four ministers from different parts of the Ukrainian government appear in this case.
