EQUITY attorneys got an acquittal for the Ukrainian ex-Minister of Infrastructure!

Volodymyr Omelyan - Ukrainian ex-Minister of Infrastructure is acquitted!

Thanks to the well-coordinated work of the EQUITY team and its principled position High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine found Volodymyr Omelyan not guilty of committing a crime under paragraph 2 of Article 211 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Ex-Minister was acquitted in connection with the lack of mandatory elements of the corpus delicti, in particular: the object of the crime, the objective and subjective sides of the corpus delicti.

According to the Indictment from 06.11.2020, Volodymyr Omelyan was accused in committing a crime under paragraph 2 of Article 211 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. According to the indictment, Volodymyr Omelyan issued a regulatory legal act that reduced state budget revenues contrary to the law, and the subject of such actions were budgetary funds on an especially large scale.

The trial lasted about a year and became one of the most high-profile in Ukraine. Decision of the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine is one of the first acquittals among cases of national importance.

The fight for justice goes on!

The EQUITY team made up of partners Olexandr Lysak, Taras Poshyvanyuk and attorneys Maksym Saliy, Rodion Kokosh had been working on the case.