Artem Shilo, a former adviser to the Office of the President and former head of the Main Directorate for Counterintelligence Protection of State Interests in the Sphere of Economic Security at the Security Service of Ukraine, has reached an agreement with investigators in the case involving the embezzlement of funds at Ukrzaliznytsia. This was reported by the Anti-Corruption Action Center, which noted that the agreement was reached during a hearing at the High Anti-Corruption Court on September 29.
A prosecutor from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced the conclusion of a plea agreement with Artem Shilo and another defendant, Konstantin Melnik. The prosecutor also requested that Shil’s case be separated into a separate proceeding, to which the High Anti-Corruption Court agreed.
The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine must now review the agreement and determine whether it complies with the law and is in the public interest. At this time, the details of the agreement remain unknown.
Artem Shil was charged in the spring of 2024 in connection with events from 2021–2022, when an organized group led by him embezzled funds from Ukrzaliznytsia during the procurement of transformers at inflated prices. The state’s losses were estimated at 94.8 million hryvnias.
According to the investigation, the transformers were purchased through a front company from a manufacturer partially linked to Russian entities. Artem Shilo, who had worked for the SBU since 2012, also had ties to Oleg Tatarov, the deputy head of the Office of the President, and was linked to the arrival of the Russian bookmaker 1xBet in Ukraine.
