He was subsequently arrested by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and accused of misappropriating ₴2 billion from the agricultural fund, with a bail set at ₴200 million.

In 2016, he was found innocent by the Kyiv Regional Administrative Court, which additionally ordered that the National Bank of Ukraine return his job.

[1] On 12 October 2020, Prykhodko sued the National Bank, demanding ₴7 million for material damages caused as a result of his firing.

[3] In the aftermath of the election, a legal battle ensued in court, during which it was determined that up to 5% of votes from an elderly care home in the district could have been falsified.

Eventually, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine took counting votes into its own hands, declaring Prykhodko the winner on 16 August 2019.