{"id":1463251,"date":"2026-11-10T12:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T10:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/?p=1463251"},"modified":"2026-11-10T12:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T10:18:24","slug":"carthage-case-part-of-bail-paid-for-sbu-general-duku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/carthage-case-part-of-bail-paid-for-sbu-general-duku\/","title":{"rendered":"Carthage case: part of bail paid for SBU General Duku"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bail has begun being paid for General of the Security Service of Ukraine Serhiy Duka, who is suspected of involvement in the “Carthage” case. As of the morning of November 10, it had only been paid in part. At the same time, the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court did not specify the exact amount that had already been transferred.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported by<\/a> “Ukrainska Pravda” with reference to the comment of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.<\/p>\n

The court confirmed that only part of the bail was paid for the SBU general, but the amount of money already paid is not disclosed.<\/p>\n

What bail was set for Serhiy Duca?<\/h3>\n

On November 6, the Supreme Court of Criminal Appeals chose a preventive measure for Serhiy Dutsa in the form of detention for a period of 60 days – until January 2, 2027. As an alternative to arrest, the court set bail in the amount of UAH 65 million.<\/p>\n

At the same time, prosecutors from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office requested that bail be set at UAH 100 million. The prosecution’s arguments included the risk of the suspect fleeing and the presence of Russian passports among his wife’s relatives.<\/p>\n

Duka himself stated in court that he was ready to cooperate with the investigation and did not plan to travel abroad. At the same time, he called the bail amount set unaffordable for him.<\/p>\n

In the records of secret investigative (detective) actions within the case, the general appears under the pseudonym “Akim”.<\/p>\n

How they raised money for bail for the SBU general<\/h3>\n

After the court decision, the SBU began distributing messages<\/a> calling for people to join in raising funds for Duka’s bail.<\/p>\n

According to the publication, employees were urged to transfer the money as soon as possible. The messages included the details of the VAKS and the court case number.<\/p>\n

Later, journalists reported that specific amounts of contributions were allegedly determined for SBU employees. Operatives were required to transfer 50 thousand UAH each, and heads of sectors, departments and their deputies \u2014 150 thousand UAH each. After payment, employees were required to send screenshots of receipts to management.<\/p>\n

Duka’s lawyer Yuriy Sukhov confirmed that the SBU is collecting money for his client’s bail. At the same time, he denied that mandatory contribution amounts have been set for employees.<\/p>\n

According to sources of “Slidstva.Info” in the Supreme Court of Criminal Appeals, as of November 9, 22 million UAH had been received into the court’s account. The funds were transferred in approximately 800 payments from different people. This is about a third of the total amount of bail.<\/p>\n

What is known about the search of Duka and the damaged phones?<\/h3>\n

During the court hearing, SAPO prosecutor Mykola Karas spoke<\/a> about the circumstances of the search of the house where the general was staying.<\/p>\n

According to him, the Alpha special forces soldiers guarding Duka pointed their weapons at the detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). They allegedly stated that they had orders to open fire to kill.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor also alleged that during the search, Duka locked himself in the room and spent about two hours destroying mobile phones with an axe in an attempt to hide their contents.<\/p>\n

NABU later released photos of the damaged devices. After the detectives’ statements about resistance during the search, the State Bureau of Investigation opened a separate criminal case.<\/p>\n

Duka himself denied the charges. He explained the presence of the Alpha fighters by saying that they were providing his state security and were supposed to protect the house from possible intrusion. The defense also stated that there was no confirmation of who exactly damaged the phones.<\/p>\n

What is Serhiy Duka suspected of in the “Carthage” case?<\/h3>\n

According to the investigation, Duka was involved in the activities of a criminal organization, which is associated with Andriy Osipov, nicknamed “Criminal”, and the head of “Khimprom” Yegor Burkin, known as “The Mexican”.<\/p>\n

According to the indictment, the official helped cover up the activities of drug stores, colluded with other law enforcement officers, and facilitated the release of cryptocurrency seized during the investigation into the U420 stores. In addition, the investigation alleges that he coordinated security for fraudulent call centers.<\/p>\n

Law enforcement officials also claim that in the summer of 2026, Duka advised the defendants to close their offices and move their activities to apartments. In addition, according to the investigation, he gave them service passes that allowed them to travel around Ukraine and enter the SBU building.<\/p>\n

It was previously reported that detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau detained SBU General Serhiy Duka<\/a> , First Deputy Head of the Department for the Protection of National Statehood of the Security Service of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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Bail has begun being paid for General of the Security Service of Ukraine Serhiy Duka, who is suspected of involvement in the “Carthage” case. As of the morning of November 10, it had only been paid in part. At the same time, the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court did not specify the exact amount that had already […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1463245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76873,76875],"class_list":["post-1463251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-events","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1463251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1463252,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1463251\/revisions\/1463252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1463245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1463251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1463251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}