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NABU came for Pyshny through Oschadbank
NABU and SAP reported that on 21 October they conducted searches at the NBU premises and at the home of one of the employees. Media spread information that it concerns the head of the regulator, Andriy Pyshny. He himself did not comment.
The claims against Pyshny may relate not only to Karpatnaftokhim and SensBank. There is another case being investigated by NABU in which Pyshny is named (CP No. 52025000000000150). During 2013–2016 Oschadbank serviced deposit accounts and securities accounts of ten Cyprus offshore companies:
✔️Quickpace Ltd
✔️Sabulong Trading Ltd
✔️Kviten Solution Ltd
✔️Wonderbliss Ltd
✔️Baleingate Finance Ltd
✔️Katiema EnterprisesL td
✔️Foxtron Networks Ltd
✔️Loricom Holding Group
✔️Akemi Management Ltd
✔️Opalcore Ltd
Initially they were connected to Yanukovych’s “wallets” Serhiy Arbuzov and Serhiy Kurchenko. Later they came under the control of businessmen Pavlo Fuks and Oleksandr Onyshchenko.
The bank paid them income in the form of interest and, as a tax agent, was supposed to withhold and remit to the budget the tax on nonresidents’ income at a rate of 15%. Instead it applied a reduced rate — from 0 to 2%. The head of Oschadbank in 2014–2020 was Andriy Pyshny.
As a result of a scheduled audit by the Office of Large Taxpayers of the SFS (period from 1 July 2008 to 30 September 2016), it was established that the bank did not accrue, withhold, or pay tax of 481 million UAH. On 30 March 2017 the OLTP SFS issued tax notice-decision No. 0000584303, which assessed the bank an amount of 841,5 million UAH plus penalties.
The bank appealed this. At the same time the fiscal department of administrative appeals prepared a draft decision according to which the bank’s monetary obligation would have been reduced to 641,4 million UAH, and the complaint — partially granted.
According to the investigation, no later than 2 June 2017, Oschadbank conspired with First Deputy Head of the SFS Serhiy Bilan, Head of the Office of Large Taxpayers of the SFS Yevhen Bambizov, and prosecutor Kostiantyn Kulyk. The goal was to avoid paying taxes and fines, so as not to spoil the bank’s financial indicators and not to undermine the reputation of its management.
Kulyk, who at the time held the position of Deputy Head of the GPU department and was the senior of the group of prosecutors, proposed to Bilan not to sign the ready draft decision. Instead, on the last day of the deadline (7–8 June 2017) the Prosecutor General’s Office, through a criminal proceeding, seized all materials related to the complaint. This created the appearance that the decision could not be made for objective reasons.
Bilan did not sign the draft. The department director reminded him of the deadline and even sent a memorandum to the acting head of the SFS, but the decision was not adopted. As a result, the complaint was automatically granted in favor of the bank (para. 2 subpara. 56.9 art. 56 of the Tax Code of Ukraine). The state lost the right to claim 641,4 million UAH.
Serhiy Bilan was charged in February 2025, made a plea deal with the investigation (the verdict is classified). Materials concerning Kulyk were separated into CP No. 52025000000000150. He was notified of suspicion in January 2026. Kulyk fled abroad and was declared wanted nationally and internationally. He also appears in another case under part 1 art. 255 and part 1 art. 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (creating a criminal organization and treason), where the indictment is already in court. Pyshny still holds his position at the NBU.
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