Case description
Judge Tetiana Ilieva is accused of illegally lifting the seizure of EUR 110,700 and USD 9,300 in the case of the State Enterprise Khlib Ukrainy and entering false information into the court ruling.
According to the investigation, on November 10, 2020, the investigating judge of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv Tetiana Ilieva made an illegal decision in the case of the State Enterprise Khlib Ukrainy. Andrii Mykhanov, vice president of the state enterprise, was suspected of money laundering. Then Ilieva allegedly illegally lifted the seizure of funds in the amount of EUR 110,700 and USD 9,300.
According to NABU detectives, Ilieva, as an investigating judge, was not allowed to decide on overturning the seizure of property, as the case was already at the trial stage, and therefore the issue of lifting the seizure should have been decided by the judge who heard the case.
Ilieva allegedly referred to the funds belonging not to the accused, but to a completely different person. However, the National Bureau stated that the motion to lift the arrest did not contain any information about the defendant from whom the funds were seized, nor any confirmation that the funds belonged to another person.
In addition, the suspected judge considered this motion in the absence of the applicant, his representative and the prosecutor, and also indicated in the ruling false information about the alleged submission of an application to the court by the applicant's representative to consider the motion without his participation.
Ilieva expressed her opinion on this situation: she knew nothing about the trial and simply considered the defense counsel's motion.
The NABU and SAPO qualify her actions under Article 364, part 2 and Article 366, part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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