The High Anti-Corruption Court sentenced the former director of the Port of Chornomorsk to 10 years in prison for bribery

The High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) sentenced Igor Shevchenko, the former head of the Chornomorsk Port, to 10 years in prison ina case involving a bribe of a quarter of a million hryvnias. 

This was reported by the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.

He was found guilty of soliciting and receiving $250,000 in unlawful benefits from a privately owned business entity in exchange for the creditors’ committee’s approval of including the aforementioned state-owned enterprise, of the debtor’s reorganization plan—a business entity—as well as for committing other acts (Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

At the time the crime was committed, the bankruptcy case involving the aforementioned company was pending in one of the commercial courts, and approval of the reorganization plan—subject to court confirmation—would have enabled the investor to resume business operations within the port facilities of the debtor enterprise.

By the court’s verdict, he was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, with a three-year ban on holding certain positions, and the confiscation of all property owned by him.

The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) noted that the court changed the convicted person’s pretrial measure from bail to pretrial detention. The court ordered that the individual be taken into custody in the courtroom.

According to the Anti-Corruption Center, one-third of Shevchenko’snon-residential property, a plot of land, a 2007 Volkswagen Touareg, and $2,000 were confiscated.

As reported by Intent, the head of the state-owned enterprise “Chornomorsk Sea Trade Port” and his alleged intermediary were detained on December 11, 2020, by detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the SAPO while accepting a bribe.

In March 2025, the High Anti-Corruption Court split the case involving the extortion of a quarter of a million dollars by the director of the “Chornomorsk” Port.

Ірина Глухова