Ex-SFS head Roman Nasirov has been granted bail and released from custody
On Friday, May 24, the former head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Roman Nasirov, was granted bail in the amount of 55m 592 hryvnyas. He was released from custody
The following procedural duties are now imposed on the accused:
- to arrive when summoned to court, and in case of inability to arrive when summoned at the appointed time — to inform the court in advance;
- not to leave Kyiv without the court's permission;
- to inform the court about changes in his place of residence;
- to refrain from communicating with persons specified in the court ruling;
- submit for storage to the relevant state authorities all his passports of a citizen of Ukraine for travel abroad, service passport, other documents giving the right to leave Ukraine and enter Ukraine, except for the passport of a citizen of Ukraine;
- wear electronic means of control.
The term of the duties assigned to Nasirov is until July 7, 2024.
The case of ex-SFS head Roman Nasirov
On October 18, 2022, the NABU and the SAP reported suspicion of ex-SFS head Nasirov and businessman Bakhmatyuk for receiving $5.5 million and more than 21 million euros in improper benefits for VAT refunds to agricultural holding companies. The owner of the agricultural holding company was also informed about suspicion of bribery.
On October 31, 2022, Nasirov was taken into custody with the alternative of bail of UAH 523 million. Since then, the measure of restraint has been repeatedly extended. The last time the former head of the State Fiscal Service was left in custody, on March 28 — until May 26, 2024.
In May 2023, before sending the case to court, investigating judge Larisa Zadorozhnaya tried to reduce the bail from UAH 532 million to UAH 107 million. This decision was later overturned on appeal. However, Nasirov's bail has been repeatedly reduced so far, first to UAH 261 million, and then to UAH 120 million.
In addition to the exposed episodes, the former head of the State Fiscal Service has been accused since 2017 of causing more than UAH 2 billion in losses to the state by making a number of groundless and illegal decisions to defer the amounts of payments on rents for the use of subsoil resources to companies involved in the so-called gas scheme, the organizer of which is believed to be a former Ukrainian MP.
Note: in accordance with Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt is legally proven and established by a guilty verdict of a court.