“Under the procedural leadership of the Prosecutor General’s Office, 27 members of a criminal organization, led by the owner of a bankrupt bank, a former deputy of parliament, embezzled UAH 90 million from depositors were exposed and notified of suspicion. According to the investigation, the People’s Deputy of Ukraine of IV-VI convocations, ex-minister of the coal industry, purchased a financial institution in 2016 with the aim of seizing depositors’ funds. He involved in the equipment”, — write on: ua.news
Under the procedural leadership of the Prosecutor General’s Office, 27 members of a criminal organization, led by the owner of a bankrupt bank, a former deputy of parliament, embezzled UAH 90 million from depositors were exposed and notified of suspicion.
According to the investigation, the People’s Deputy of Ukraine of IV-VI convocations, ex-minister of the coal industry, purchased a financial institution in 2016 with the aim of seizing depositors’ funds. He involved the Chairman and members of the bank’s board, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, private entrepreneurs, appraisers and state registrars in the process.
Under the direction of the owner of the bank, they registered in the state register of real property rights large real estate, which is allegedly located in the central districts of Kyiv and Kharkiv.
These non-existent objects became the subject of collateral for the issuance of loans in the total amount of over UAH 90 million. With illegally obtained money from bank depositors, the suspects financed their own business projects for the construction of factories and thermal power plants, the operation of coal mines, and bought luxury cars and real estate.
At the same time, employees of the bank security department annually drew up certificates of verification of the availability and liquidity of non-existent collateral.
This resulted in the bank being declared insolvent in 2021 due to the fact that it did not ensure payments to its own customers and did not settle payment orders. The obligation to pay for deposit obligations has been transferred to the Individual Deposit Guarantee Fund.
At the request of the prosecutors, in order to ensure compensation for the damages caused, 12 apartments of the suspects in the capital, 5 private houses in the center of Kyiv with a total area of more than 2,000 square meters, land plots, 12 luxury cars, 12 parking spaces and corporate rights in the authorized capital of companies affiliated with the defendants were seized. .
The suspects are charged with creating, leading a criminal organization and participating in it, misappropriation, embezzlement and possession of property, official forgery and laundering of criminal proceeds (Part 1 of Article 255, Part 5 of Article 191, Part 1 of Article 366, Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Previously, seven persons – four former employees of a banking institution, the head of a private firm, an appraiser and a state registrar – have already been notified of suspicion of taking possession of property and forgery as part of an organized group.
Currently, the issue of choosing a preventive measure for the suspect is being resolved.
Earlier in Kyiv, an official of Kyivmedspetstrans and contractors were suspected of embezzling over 6 million hryvnias during the purchase of spare parts for ambulances. The suspicion has already been reported to the head of the division of Kyivmedspetstrans, the accountant and three contractors.
Also in Kyiv, a scheme to embezzle 9 million hryvnias from state procurement of a utility enterprise was exposed. The expositors of the capital transport company have already received suspicions.
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