Judge Serhiy Savytskyi Detained for Organizing Military Evasion Scheme in Odesa - Bail Set at ₴ 1.5M

The High Anti-Corruption Court has imposed a pre-trial restraint on Serhiy Savytskyi, a judge of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi City District Court of Odesa Oblast, in the form of detention. However, he may be released on bail. The judge is accused of organizing a scheme to send men liable for military service abroad.

As it became known from the HACC session, the judge partially granted the prosecutor's request to impose a preventive measure on Savytskyi, who is suspected of committing a criminal offense under Articles 114-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The judge decided

• to impose on Savitsky a preventive measure in the form of detention for a period of 60 days, until June 4, 2025;
• to set an alternative in the form of bail in the amount of UAH 1 million 514 thousand, which corresponds to 500 subsistence minimums for able-bodied persons.

In case of bail, the suspect is subject to the following obligations

• not to leave Odesa region without the permission of the investigator, prosecutor or court;
• report any change of place of residence;
• not to communicate with persons mentioned in the case;
• hand over a passport for traveling abroad;
• wear an electronic monitoring device.

The term of these obligations is set for 2 months from the date of bail.

Earlier, the HACC set bail for Sergiy Savytsky in the amount of over UAH 2 million, but it was never paid. This forced the prosecutor to file a motion for his arrest.

The investigation found that Savytskyi, along with judges of the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi court and lawyers, organized a scheme that allowed him to evade mobilization. Fake court decisions, which allegedly confirmed that the men were raising their children on their own, gave them the right to travel abroad.

Each "document" cost 3.5 thousand dollars, and a total of 1040 such decisions were produced. The scheme operated through a back office in a law firm, and the "services" were openly advertised on social media.

Ірина Глухова