Personal Recognizance and Nighttime House Arrest Applied to Four Clients Instead of Detention in Custody

We have developed and executed an effective defense strategy for four Clients at the stage of selecting pretrial restrictions. The Clients are suspected of committing complex white-collar crimes under Part 4 of Article 190, Part 5 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 209, and Part 2 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (especially large-scale fraud, aiding and abetting the laundering of property obtained by criminal means, and official forgery).

The pretrial investigation authority insisted on applying the most severe pretrial restriction — detention in custody — to all suspects. As an alternative, the prosecution demanded the setting of multi-million bail amounts, ranging from UAH 2 million to UAH 5 million for each individual. Such isolation and financial burden would have completely paralyzed the Clients’ personal lives and the operational activities of their businesses.

During the court hearings, the attorneys methodically refuted the investigation’s arguments regarding the necessity of holding the individuals in custody. The defense demonstrated the absence of real procedural risks and the disproportionately high nature of the bail amounts requested by the prosecutors.

The court fully denied the law enforcement authorities’ motions for detention and multi-million bails, choosing significantly more lenient measures of procedural coercion that allow the Clients to remain free:

– For two Clients — the least burdensome pretrial restriction in the form of personal recognizance.

– For the other two Clients — nighttime house arrest, enabling them to continue their regular work and daily activities during the daytime.

The Clients’ defense in these proceedings is conducted by Oleksandr Teleshetskyi, Partner at Grain Law Firm, and Markian Vysotskyi, Counsel.

The texts of the court rulings will be available in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions under Case Nos. 757/33176/25-к, 757/33178/25-к, 757/33181/25-к, and 757/33182/25-к.