The official portal of Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers later reported that Kheil had been dismissed from his position. According to the SBU, Kheil allegedly demanded bribes from representatives of a state-owned coal company to facilitate the transfer of mining equipment from near the frontline hotspot of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, where fighting is currently ongoing, and then transport it to the Lviv-Volyn region in western Ukraine. Kheil allegedly involved three other accomplices in his corruption scheme—an independent energy trader, the head of an energy company in Mykolaiv Oblast, and the head of a mining company in Donetsk Oblast. The SBU documented several tranches of bribe payments, and the individuals in question were reportedly caught "red-handed."The four conspirators have been charged with receiving a bribe and face up to 12 years in prison if convicted.