SBU: the director of the bank’s department was detained in Kyiv – “transferred money to the occupation group”

The Security Service reported on January 18 that it had detained the director of the information systems support department of one of Ukraine’s largest banks in Kyiv. According to the special service, he is involved in financing the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine.

“As the investigation established, the suspect regularly transferred his money to the needs of the occupying groups of Russia. To do this, already after the start of a full-scale war, the banker opened an account on one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. In the future, through this platform, the person involved transferred funds to the digital wallets of Rashists. Currently, law enforcement officers are determining the exact amount of his “donations”, the message states.

The Security Service of Ukraine declares that the special service employees “documented the official’s crimes and detained him at his place of residence in Kyiv.”

According to the report, during the search of the detainee’s residence, “the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, Russian rubles, mobile phones and a computer with evidence of crimes were discovered.”

The detainee was informed of the suspicion under Art. 1 Art. 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (assistance to the aggressor state), the man = is in custody without the right to post bail. He faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.