PoliticsAugust 25, 2026 10:20 am • 2 min readIryna Mudra, former deputy head of the President's Office, attends a hearing at the High Anti-Corruption Court in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 21, 2026. (Marianna Kotyk/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Editor's note: This story is being updated.The High Anti-Corruption Court on Aug. 24 placed Iryna Mudra, a former deputy head of the President's Office, in custody for two months in a graft case and set bail at Hr 20 million ($448,000).Mudra said she would "try to find" the money to pay the bail, including with the help of her "friends."Prosecutors initially sought Mudra's detention and a bail of Hr 150 million ($2.7 million).The official has been charged by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) as part of a money laundering case, involving lawmaker and businessman Vadym Stolar and former lawmaker Maksym Mykytas. The bureau said the suspects were accused of laundering Hr 150 million ($3.4 million) in bail money through the state-owned Sense Bank for a suspect in a separate corruption case, the largest during President Volodymyr Zelensky's tenure.Investigators allege that Mudra, who oversaw judicial affairs and reform at the President's Office, was expected to help raise the funds needed to post bail for former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko.Zelensky dismissed Mudra on Aug. 19 following the charges. Separately, NABU released recordings on Aug. 20 implicating Mudra in an alleged criminal group that illegally seized real estate.Mudra has denied any wrongdoing.