Iryna Kastsiuchenka

former lawyer at TUT.BY, She was released on her own recognizance

Former prisoner

Date of birth: 17 October 1981

Date of detention: 18 May 2021

Charges indicted:

  • Art. 243 of the Criminal Code — Evasion of taxes and fees

Godparent: Deborah Düring, member of the Bundestag and of the Committee for Economic Cooperation and Development

Iryna Kastsiuchenka former lawyer at TUT.BY.

She was detained on May 18, 2021, in the framework of a criminal case initiated against TUT.BY for tax evasion on an especially large scale (Part 2 of Article 243 of the Criminal Code). A few days later, Iryna was placed under house arrest.

In April 2022, it became known that Iryna's preventive measure was changed from house arrest to a pledge not to leave.

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