Skopje, 22 December 2021 (MIA) – Former director of the Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) will be released from detention on a EUR 11,1 million bail, the Skopje-based Appellate Court told MIA. Mijalkov will first provide financial guarantees, whereas detention will be replaced by precautionary measures, namely confiscation of his passport and an obligation to report to the court. Mijalkov is in detention after the court sentenced him to eight years in prison for abuse of office in the “Vault” case in April. The verdict is still not final. The case was taken over by the Basic Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Corruption from the now-defunct Special Prosecutor’s Office. The defendants are charged with abuse of office and Budget damages in the amount of EUR 862,000 for the procurement of electronic communications equipment for the UBK’s Fifth Department and related training. According to the indictment, instead of the MoI directly procuring the equipment from a UK-based company GAMA, the defendants carried out the procurement via an intermediary firm FINZI DOOEL Skopje, resulting in the abuse of state funds. Back in February, Mijalkov was sentenced to 12 years in prison in the “Target-Fortress” case related to the mass surveillance and destruction of the UBK equipment used for the interception of communications. Grujevski was given a 15-year prison term while Jakimovski to 6 years imprisonment in the same case. He is also a defendant in cases “Vodno Lots” and “Titanic 2” and a suspect in the “Empire” case. Mijalkov has been in detention since February 26.