“27 participants in the crime, led by the ex-minister of the coal industry, were charged with embezzling 90 million hryvnias from depositors of the Land Capital bank.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
27 participants in the crime, led by the ex-minister of the coal industry, were charged with embezzling 90 million hryvnias from depositors of the Land Capital bank. This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office. Advertisement: According to the EP, we are talking about Viktor Topolov, the minister of the coal industry from 2005 to 2006. In 2016, the ex-minister together with his wife bought the “Land Capital” bank. According to the investigation, Topolov bought a financial institution in order to take over the funds of the bank’s depositors. He involved the chairman and members of the bank’s board, the chairman of the bank’s supervisory board, private entrepreneurs, appraisers and state registrars in the scheme. Under Topolov’s leadership, they registered real estate of large square footage, which was allegedly located in the central districts of Kyiv and Kharkiv, although in reality the objects did not exist. The Security Service of “Land Capital” annually drew up acts of verification of the availability and liquidity of non-existent mortgaged property. Advertising: Imaginary objects became the subject of collateral for the issuance of loans in the total amount of more than UAH 90 million. With the money received, the suspects financed their own business projects for the construction of factories and thermal power plants, the operation of coal mines, bought luxury cars and real estate. In 2021, the bank was declared bankrupt and the process of liquidation began. The obligation to pay for deposit obligations has been transferred to the Individual Deposit Guarantee Fund. The suspects are charged with creating, leading a criminal organization and participating in it, embezzlement, embezzlement and seizure of property, official forgery and laundering of proceeds of crime. At the request of the prosecutors, 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.