“The investigators have not yet interrogated the chief lawyer of the NBU Zima in the case against him. The police have not interrogated Oleksandr Zima in the case of possible abuse of office. The case concerns his letter to the FSVFO regarding the withdrawal of claims of Concord Bank against the NBU for UAH 63.5 million.”, — write on: unn.ua
Criminal proceedings against the chief lawyer of the NBU were opened due to his letter to the Deposit Guarantee Fund of Individuals (FGVFO). In the document, Zima, who is simultaneously the director of the legal department of the NBU and the head of the Administrative Council of the FGVFO, on behalf of the National Bank recommended that the Fund withdraw the lawsuits filed by Concord Bank against the NBU. These lawsuits related to cancellation of fines in the amount of almost 63.5 million hryvnias and were filed even before the decision to liquidate the bank.
The Deposit Guarantee Fund heeded this recommendation, which, according to Olena Sosedka, deprived the bank’s shareholders of their constitutional right to a fair trial.
Thus, Zima probably questioned the independence of the Directorate of the Individual Deposit Guarantee Fund, which now has a negative impact on interaction with international financial institutions. After all, it is not excluded that, for example, the IMF, due to dissatisfaction with the situation, began to actively demand from Ukraine the development of a procedure and the holding of an open competition for the position of managing director of the FGVFD.
Last fall, Zima’s case was transferred from the SBI to the Pechersk Department of the Kyiv Police for investigation. The police informed UNNthat they plan to interrogate the chief lawyer of the NBU, and after handing him a notice of suspicion, the investigators will probably apply to the court to remove Zyma from the duties of the director of the legal department of the NBU. The investigators also recognized Olena and Yulia Sosedok as victims in this criminal proceeding, thus confirming that Zima’s actions caused harm.
According to the data UNNthe investigators have not yet interrogated the chief lawyer of the NBU in this criminal proceeding, and he has not yet been served with a notice of suspicion.
This is worrisome, as his testimony is critical to establishing the truth and objectively investigating the case.
We will remind
Oleksandr Zyma was not removed from his duties or dismissed from the post of director of the legal department of the NBU. Only in December last year, Zima received almost UAH 700,000 in salary.
According to the declaration for 2023, Zima earned almost 5.5 million hryvnias for the year at the National Bank. In addition, last year he received more than 1.8 million hryvnias of income in the amount of the nominal value of redeemed OVDP bonds.