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🌐 Fake import and a bank fined by the NBU: how hundreds of millions could have been taken out of Ukraine
Through companies with one-day websites and straw owners, hundreds of millions of hryvnias could have been taken out of Ukraine under the guise of paying for imports. The office “Black Audit” is working on this through the bank “Ukrainian Capital.”
This is not about classic trade but about “paper” imports. A client funnels money into a network of firms. Then the funds go abroad as payment for goods — clothing, household items, building materials — which may not actually exist. Without a bank that processes FX payments and weakly verifies documents, such a scheme would not work.
Companies with primitive websites: no proper catalog, prices, or contact information. Some pages were allegedly created on the same day. Legally the firms are registered to so-called “losy” — people on whom businesses are mass-registered. The addresses are typical wholesale hubs for one-day firms.
There are two large circuits. Through the connection “Radugatoys” / “Planeta Rechey” / “Kingstaropt,” at least about 800 million UAH of imports went on paper. Through “Triokompani” / “Megapobut” — at least about 150 million UAH. Separately, companies with a mass registration address in Dnipro are mentioned.
The NBU previously fined “Ukrainian Capital” 42,5 million UAH for violations of financial monitoring. That sum also includes a sanction for violating currency legislation. For a bank with annual profit of about 23 million UAH, the fine is a heavy blow.
The logic of the allegation is simple: if payments go for “imports” through firms with empty websites and nominal owners, the bank is obliged to ask what exactly is being bought and whether the goods exist. According to the investigation, that check may have failed.
The office “Black Audit” is described as a structure of roughly 80 people: cash-out, tax optimization, currency extraction. The article names former tax officers and customs officials Vasyl Sandul and Yevhen Kulibaba, as well as the company “SK Partners.”
The bank “Ukrainian Capital” belongs to the family of Serhiy Bielashov. Since 2020 he has been a deputy of the Poltava Regional Council of the 8th convocation, where he leads the VO “Batkivshchyna” faction. He owns 48,91% of the bank, and Bielashov’s wife, Liliana, holds 19,99%.
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