The materials were handed over to the defense for review.
The prosecutor’s office has completed a pre-trial investigation in a criminal case against the president of the Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) Andrey Pavelko and the secretary general of the organization Yuri Zapisotsky on suspicion of embezzlement of public funds.
“Under the procedural leadership of the prosecutors of the Office of the Prosecutor General, a pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings was completed on suspicion of Pavelko and Zapisotsky of embezzling UAF funds in the amount of 30 million UAH with the subsequent legalization of part of these funds obtained by criminal means in the amount of more than 15 million UAH. The defense is open to reviewing the materials of the pre-trial investigation,” said a representative of law enforcement agencies.
In May, the Pechersky Court of the city of Kiev extended Pavelko’s suspension from the post of UAF president until July 9, 2023, and in early August extended the decision for a new period – two months, until October 2. The court also extended the investigation into the case of the head of the UAF and the organization’s secretary general, Yuri Zapisotsky, until November 23, 2023, and left both in custody until that time.
In mid-June, the court sentenced Pavelko to a pre-trial detention center for a period of 60 days, until August 14 inclusive. The bail of 9.88 million hryvnia, which was previously paid for the head of the UAF, was transferred in favor of the state. On August 9, it became known that the money that was paid as bail for Pavelko by lawyer Svyatoslav Bolinsky had a Russian trace.
The UAF considers the entire process to be custom work from former association leaders. In 2018, the “Schemes” program conducted an investigation, as a result of which journalists suspected the UAF and its president Andrei Pavelko of corruption through a plant for the production of artificial fields.
Source: Sportarena
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