The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has partially granted a motion filed by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), ordering the confiscation of 108,850 UAH from the bail posted for Petro Tsygykal, former head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS). The ruling follows the defendant’s violation of procedural duties imposed on him in a criminal case involving the abuse of office and a fraud scheme worth over 10.68 million UAH.
Following the hearing, the court revised the measure of restraint against the former official, increasing his total bail from 2.11 million UAH to 2.25 million UAH. Furthermore, the court reinforced his obligation to appear before judges upon every demand, extending these procedural requirements until November 2, 2026.
«Partially satisfy the prosecutor’s motion. Confiscate 108,850 UAH of the bail posted for the accused into state revenue… Apply a measure of restraint in the form of bail amounting to 2,250,000 UAH,» the HACC judicial decision states.
The criminal proceedings against Petro Tsygykal stem from his tenure as head of the SBGS. According to investigators, the former official was involved in an illicit scheme where the border agency accepted residential apartments for service members in the suburbs of Kyiv instead of the capital city properties originally stipulated in official contract terms.
This discrepancy in real estate valuations and procedural violations resulted in direct damages to the state budget exceeding 10.68 million UAH. The investigating judge initially set the bail conditions in November 2022; however, non-compliance with these mandatory terms prompted SAPO prosecutors to request the partial forfeiture of the funds.
Alongside the proceedings against Tsygykal, SAPO continues to challenge lenient sentences in other high-profile corruption matters. Notably, prosecutors filed an appeal against a lower court verdict involving attorney Ruslan Fedyniak.
Fedyniak was previously found guilty of trading in influence and was ordered to pay a fine of 93,500 UAH. SAPO prosecutors contested the judgment, seeking a stricter penalty proportionate to the severity of the offense.