The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine (HACC) has approved a plea agreement between the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) and Oleksiy Basan, the former director of the Poltava Region Local Roads Agency. The ex-official, indicted for money laundering and false asset declaration, received a suspended 8-year prison sentence. Under the terms of the deal, he will transfer 20,000 USDT to a charitable foundation supporting Ukrainian troops.
The ruling was officially announced on Thursday, June 25, by SAPO and the Anti-Corruption Action Centre (ANTAC).
While the court handed down an 8-year prison sentence, it commuted the jail time to a three-year probation period. Additionally, Basan is barred from holding certain public office positions for the next three years.
As part of the court-approved settlement, the former official will transfer cryptocurrency assets worth 20,000 USDT to the «Sternenko Community» charity fund to procure essential equipment for front-line forces.
Furthermore, the court ordered the special confiscation of substantial high-value assets. The state will seize:
The financial equivalent of a suburban house near Poltava (over 200 sq. m, featuring a swimming pool, guardhouse, and adjacent land);
A personal watercraft (jet ski) with a trailer;
Property rights to six apartments in Poltava residential complexes.
SAPO officials emphasized that the compromise was driven by more than just the cryptocurrency donation to the military. Basan actively cooperated with law enforcement, providing intelligence deemed highly valuable for ongoing and future graft investigations.
«A crucial condition for concluding and approving the agreement was other information provided by the accused, which is essential for fulfilling the tasks and functions of NABU and SAPO,» the prosecution stated in a release.
In 2024, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and SAPO formally charged Oleksiy Basan with laundering 35.8 million UAH through cryptocurrency and real estate transactions, alongside filing fraudulent asset declarations.
According to investigators, the former official registered elite real estate and vehicles under the names of close relatives and associates to conceal the illicit origin of his wealth. These assets were intentionally omitted from his mandatory annual anti-corruption disclosures.