“Law enforcement authorities have begun checking the bank accounts of Bohdan Yakymets, an entrepreneur from Ternopil Oblast, whose name is associated in business circles with the role of the “wallet” of oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskyi in western Ukraine. This became known from the UA.NEWS publication’s own sources. The inspection concerns banking transactions, balances of funds and counterparties, and is probably related to the study of the real beneficiaries of a number of large enterprises in the Ternopil region”, — write on: ua.news
Law enforcement authorities have begun checking the bank accounts of Bohdan Yakymets, an entrepreneur from Ternopil Oblast, whose name is associated in business circles with the role of the “wallet” of oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskyi in western Ukraine. This became known from the UA.NEWS publication’s own sources. The audit concerns banking transactions, balances of funds and counterparties, and is probably related to the study of the real beneficiaries of a number of large enterprises in the Ternopil region engaged in logistics and construction.
The investigative actions are taking place against the background of the recent high-profile NABU investigation, in which Yakymets himself appears. He is suspected of being an intermediary in the illegal transfer of secret information about the Ukrnafta case to Kolomoiskyi’s lawyers. The basis for the checks was the data found in Yakymets’ smartphone, seized during a search back in February. This is, in particular, correspondence with high-ranking employees of the SBU, who had access to the case materials.
Bohdan Yakimets is known not only for his alleged connection with Kolomoiskyi (in particular, through the power of attorney issued to Andrii Bohdan, a lawyer of the oligarch who later became the head of the OP), but also for his friendship with the former chief anti-corruption prosecutor Nazar Kholodnytskyi. Earlier, in 2018, Yakymets was already under the attention of the Prosecutor General’s Office due to suspicion of mediation in the extortion of $2 million. Currently, the law enforcement officers are interested in his assets, which, as journalists assume, are “nominal” and manage billions in turnover.
Detectives are currently demanding that Ukrainian banks disclose bank secrecy and provide full information on all financial transactions of Yakymets, giving them 10 working days to do so. The investigation is taking place against the background of the escalation of the conflict between the SBU and NABU, in particular after the arrest of NABU detectives, one of whom, Ruslan Magamedrasulov, was in charge of the Yakymets case.
