Lawmaker charged in graft case involving President's Office flees abroad
Stolar fled abroad more than a month ago and faces the charges of organized crime, embezzlement, corporate raiding, forgery, and hacking.
Lawmaker Vadym Stolar has been charged in absentia with organized crime, embezzlement, corporate raiding, forgery, and hacking, according to Semen Kryvonos, head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau. Stolar fled abroad over a month ago, fleeing the allegations against him. He faces charges alongside former Deputy Chief of Staff Iryna Mudra and Maksym Mykytas, as well as Viktor Dubovyk, head of the legal policy department at the President's Office.
The suspects are accused of illegally seizing real estate through hacking, forging documents, bribing judges and law enforcement agencies, and laundering Hr 150 million. Stolar previously represented the pro-Russian Opposition Platform-For Life faction in parliament, but now represents the Restoration of Ukraine group. He has denied the accusations against him.
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