The Ukrainian official accused of embezzling funds meant to protect the country's energy infrastructure also faces charges for the fatal beating of a truck driver demanding his unpaid wages.
Businessman Vladyslav Sokolov, already a suspect in an investigation into alleged misuse of public funds allocated for the protection of energy infrastructure, is also charged in a separate case involving the death of a truck driver, according to Ukrainian media reports.
According to investigators, on June 2, 2025, Serhiy Mugai visited Sokolov's office in Dnipro to demand payment of fees. A confrontation allegedly occurred, during which Sokolov, reportedly assisted by his deputy Oleksandr Piskon, attacked the driver with a baseball bat.
Mugai suffered from an open traumatic brain injury and multiple other injuries. He subsequently died as a result.