Full amount of bail has been paid for SSU General Duka, - lawyer

The full amount of bail has been paid for Serhii Duka: details

The full bail amount of 65 million hryvnias has been paid on behalf of General Serhii Duka, the former first deputy head of the SSU’s Department for the Protection of National Statehood.

This was announced by his lawyer, Yurii Sukhov, according to Censor.NET.

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"The full amount of bail has been paid for SSU General Serhii Duka. Now we’ll see what happens next…", he said.

NABU’s ‘Carthage’ operation

Earlier, NABU reported that a senior SSU official was threatening to use a weapon and obstructing a search.
Subsequently, the Bureau stated that NABU and the SAPO had uncovered a criminal organisation that systematically bribed senior officials of the SBU, the National Police and the Prosecutor’s Office in exchange for ‘protection’ of fraudulent call centres and other illegal businesses.
NABU stated that, as part of the ‘Carthage’ investigation, a criminal organisation had been exposed, whose members had established a systematic practice of bribing senior officials in law enforcement agencies to allow fraudulent call centres and other illegal businesses to operate unhindered.
It was subsequently reported that the anti-corruption authorities had detained General Serhii Duka, the first deputy head of the SSU’s Department for the Protection of National Statehood.
The head of the SSU, Oleksandr Poklad, dismissed two senior officials of the Service who are implicated in the NABU investigation as part of Operation ‘Carthage’. He also urged a suspect in the case, known by the alias 'Mexican’, to return to Ukraine and surrender to the law enforcement authorities.
NABU and the SAPO have announced five charges relating to the cover-up of illegal business activities; those implicated include senior officials from the SSU and the National Police.
On 5–6 November, the main suspects in the case were remanded in custody without the right to bail.
On 6 November, the High Anti-Corruption Court imposed a preventive measure on SSU General Serhii Duka, who was detained as part of NABU’s ‘Carthage’ operation. He was remanded in custody with the option to post bail of 65 million hryvnias.