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👤👤👤👤 Appropriation of 100 thousand tons of petroleum products: organized group exposed👥
NABU and SAP uncovered a large-scale scheme to seize petroleum products from PJSC Ukrnafta and launder the proceeds from their sale.
In the first episode of the criminal activity, four participants in the scheme were notified of suspicion:
👤the organizer (senior level) — one of the leaders of a well-known business group that effectively controlled Ukraine’s oil sector;
👤the organizer (junior level) — a shareholder of several companies controlled by the business group, responsible for coordinating the executors’ actions and concealing the criminal activity;
👥the Chairman of the Board and the Deputy Chairman for Commercial Affairs of joint-stock companies controlled by the business group.
Charges were also prepared in writing against another person — a former vice president of PJSC Ukrnafta (the state holds the controlling stake), who is a foreign national. The documents have been sent abroad for service as part of international cooperation.
According to the investigation, the business group’s leaders developed and implemented a scheme to appropriate 100 thousand tons of petroleum products worth over 2,88 billion UAH.
Initially the petroleum products were transferred to a controlled company under commission agreements. Later part of the volume was shifted to other related firms for retail and wholesale sale through a network of filling stations.
Proceeds from the sales were transferred to the benefit of controlled companies, including abroad.
The pretrial investigation in the criminal proceeding was carried out with operational support from the SBU. At a certain stage of the investigation, NABU detectives discovered instances of leaks of information constituting the secrecy of the pretrial investigation. In particular, information about planned investigative and procedural actions was passed to a trusted person of the organizers.
A senior SBU official of the unit that supported the criminal proceeding may be involved in the disclosure of information.
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