{"id":"01a0ffd7-5206-777a-a2b4-6f644d3f3191","age":73,"slug":"furdychko-orest-e916","isPep":true,"photo":{"url":"/media/persons/01a0ffd7-5206-777a-a2b4-6f644d3f3191/257d33ed-e960-43ad-a8d5-a3a86619d202-640.webp","credit":"Wikimedia Commons (фото: Юрій Дебринюк) — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Фурдичко_Орест_Іванович.jpg","license":"CC BY-SA 3.0"},"amounts":{"usd":{"alleged":"300000.00","complete":true,"established":"300000.00"},"byCurrency":[{"alleged":"300000.00","currency":"USD","established":"300000.00"}],"confirmedRatio":1},"summary":"Former director of the Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of NAAS, MP of Ukraine of the 3rd convocation (1998–2002). On 30 July 2021 the HACC found him guilty of receiving USD 300 thousand of undue advantage for not terminating a contract with a developer of the institute's land plot and sentenced him to 8 years' imprisonment with confiscation of property; on 6 June 2022 the Appeals Chamber of the HACC upheld the verdict, which entered into force.","episodes":[{"id":"01a0ffd7-6ab2-7f2a-bff7-0b9f70a375ec","title":"Receipt of a USD 300,000 undue advantage by the director of the Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of the NAAS","status":"convicted","amounts":{"usd":{"rate":"1.0000000000","alleged":"300000.00","rateDate":"2017-12-30","established":"300000.00"},"alleged":"300000.00","currency":"USD","established":"300000.00"},"dateEnd":"2017-12-30","sources":[{"id":"01a0ffd7-6aba-7461-aa2f-e71e5a8b7dfb","url":"https://reyestr.court.gov.ua/Review/104623492","type":"court_decision","title":"Ruling of the Appeals Chamber of the HACC in case No. 752/7440/18 (operative part)","publisher":"Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2022-06-06","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0ffd7-6ac3-72a9-bdec-95b62466a5bd","url":"https://hacc-decided.ti-ukraine.org/uk/cases/52017000000000897","type":"ngo","title":"Case of former director of the Institute of Agroecology Orest Furdychko over receiving a USD 300 thousand bribe","publisher":"Transparency International Ukraine (HACC Decided)","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-03","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0ffd7-6acb-7fc4-bb3e-0dee70eac893","url":"https://www.pravda.com.ua/columns/2026/09/04/8051804/","type":"media","title":"Who has been jailed for corruption in Ukraine? 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On 6 June 2022 the Appeals Chamber of the HACC upheld the verdict (the ruling entered into force upon its pronouncement); according to Transparency International Ukraine, on 4 October 2022 the Supreme Court upheld the verdict. The court decisions in the register are anonymised; identification is provided by Ukrainska Pravda, TI Ukraine and Wikipedia (full name, position, proceedings number).","disclosedAt":"2017-12-30","coDefendants":[],"untranslated":[],"courtCaseNumber":"752/7440/18","statusUpdatedAt":"2022-06-06","criminalArticles":["ч. 4 ст. 368 КК України"],"dateIsApproximate":true,"investigatingBody":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","daysWithoutMovement":null}],"fullName":"Фурдичко Орест Іванович","response":null,"birthYear":1952,"deathDate":null,"indexable":true,"updatedAt":"2026-10-03T17:11:40.490683+00:00","revisionId":"01a102c0-03bb-7c52-8802-4f4de60cc9c2","connections":[],"citizenships":["UA"],"govPositions":[{"id":"01a0ffd7-8695-7364-aab2-f5e6738a67eb","title":"Director of the Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of the NAAS","agency":"Institute of Agroecology and Environmental Management of the NAAS","dateTo":null,"region":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a0ffd7-6ac3-72a9-bdec-95b62466a5bd","url":"https://hacc-decided.ti-ukraine.org/uk/cases/52017000000000897","type":"ngo","title":"Case of former director of the Institute of Agroecology Orest Furdychko over receiving a USD 300 thousand bribe","publisher":"Transparency International Ukraine (HACC Decided)","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-03","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0ffd7-8692-7991-9bb3-2e428a50b2a7","url":"https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87","type":"media","title":"Orest Ivanovych Furdychko","publisher":"Wikipedia","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-03","untranslated":[]}],"dateFrom":null,"agencySlug":"instytut-ahroekolohii-i-pryrodokorystuvannia-4fc8","untranslated":[],"appointmentType":"other"},{"id":"01a0ffd7-86b5-7ea1-9037-484f3a804326","title":"Member of Parliament of Ukraine, 3rd convocation","agency":"Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine","dateTo":null,"region":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a0ffd7-8692-7991-9bb3-2e428a50b2a7","url":"https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87","type":"media","title":"Orest Ivanovych Furdychko","publisher":"Wikipedia","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-03","untranslated":[]}],"dateFrom":null,"agencySlug":"verkhovna-rada-ukrainy-150c","untranslated":[],"appointmentType":"elected"}],"nameVariants":["Furdychko Orest","Орест Фурдичко"],"untranslated":[],"fullNameLatin":"Furdychko Orest Ivanovych","primaryStatus":"convicted","officialStatus":"former","currentSituation":"unknown","commercialPositions":[]}