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We note that law enforcement previously had questions about collecting crypto through KUNA allegedly for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
Criminal proceeding No. 12022000000000311 was opened back on 20 April 2022 by the Main Investigation Department of the National Police of Ukraine under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General. It was qualified under part 4 of Art. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (fraud on an especially large scale).
According to the investigation, after the start of the full-scale invasion the Ministry of Digital Transformation (Fedorov/Borniakov) announced a collection of cryptocurrency aid for the AFU. Funds were collected through the KUNA exchange.
Under agreements reached between the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the American company NEANY Inc. regarding the supply of military equipment, a KUNA representative made a payment in the amount of 150 BTC and 2500 ETH.
Part of these funds, as a result of fraudulent actions by unknown persons, were transferred to various wallets, including a wallet on the FTX US service (95 BTC, 451,99 ETH and more than 28 thousand dollars). These assets were initially recognized as physical evidence and were frozen to preserve possible evidence of the crime.
⚖️ But in April 2023 the investigative judge of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv satisfied a motion by the attorney for the crypto exchange KUNA Labs Business Inc and lifted the freeze on the digital assets in the crypto wallet that belonged to the FTX US service.
The attorney for KUNA stated that the exchange was a user of the frozen wallet and had access to it. He emphasized that part of the stolen funds had already been recovered and that the need for the freeze had disappeared. In addition, the assets were necessary to fulfill agreements on supplying equipment to the AFU.
The prosecutor in court did not object to lifting the freeze provided the funds would go to the needs of the military. The Ministry of Defense representative left it to the court’s discretion, while the Ministry of Digital Transformation representative objected to granting the motion. Interestingly, the funds never reached the AFU.
The investigative judge noted that:
✔️no suspicion has been brought against any person in this case;
✔️the prosecution failed to prove the necessity of further maintaining the freeze;
✔️the pretrial investigation body effectively did not object to its lifting.
⚙️And here we have a direct question for the Main Investigation Department of the National Police.
What is happening today with criminal proceeding No. 12022000000000311, opened back on 20 April 2022?
⚙️More than four years have passed. Where is this case now? Is it being investigated, closed, transferred to another authority, or simply lying dormant?
⚙️Has it been established where the crypto assets ultimately went—the ones whose freeze was lifted in 2023? Were the agreements on purchasing and delivering military equipment fulfilled? Did the AFU receive what these funds were collected for?
⚙️And most importantly: has the investigation identified the persons who may have been involved in the disappearance or redirection of part of the funds?
Perhaps it is already time to shed light on this story.
Because society has the right to know who and how managed the funds that Ukrainians and foreigners donated during the most difficult months of the war under the banner of aid to the AFU.
⚙️Who really helped the army, and who may have devised schemes under the guise of good intentions?
And if someone tried to profit from human suffering and people’s trust, society must know their name.
⚙️So the question to the Main Investigation Department of the National Police is simple: what is the current procedural status of this proceeding and where is its result?
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