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Corruption schemes under the cover of politics: how Khomutynnik and Astion loot state assets
Tapes revealed in the “Forrest Gump” and “Femida” cases proved: behind large-scale raider takeovers and the removal of billions from the Ukrainian economy stands a close tandem of former high-ranking officials and notorious oligarchs. The chief architect of many illegal schemes is former MP Vitaliy #Хомутиннік, who acts as the senior partner and sponsor of Vasyl #Астіон — a former deputy of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council and the head of Dnipro Agro Group.
Having enlisted an entire army of lawyers, notaries, and law enforcement structures, this group established control over the country’s strategic assets, inflicting colossal damage on state security and the budget. And we want to remind readers of the raider schemes this tandem has managed to implement under the patronage of officials in government offices, including #МінЮст and #ОП.
🔻A striking example is the illegal takeover of the property complex of the shopping and entertainment center #Республіка Park. It all began with loans totaling over 2,5 billion hryvnias obtained in 2012–2013 from JSC CB #Надра, which at the time belonged to pro-Russian oligarch Dmytro #Фірташ.
After the bank’s bankruptcy, the debts and mortgage were put up for sale through a Dutch auction. Thanks to an anti-competitive collusion, the sham company Soltex Capital acquired the claims at a discounted price, after which the asset passed to JSC Diligence. The latter organized a scheme involving wrongful VAT reimbursements, tax minimization totaling hundreds of millions of hryvnias, and the creation of artificial indebtedness through affiliated structures, completely removing the property from state control.
🔻No less illustrative is the fate of the bank Nadra itself, where as early as 2008 officials, in collusion with a foreign institution, siphoned off 25 million US dollars through fictitious trusts and loans to the Cypriot company Freedom Farm International. This finally undermined the institution’s financial stability and led to its insolvency.
🔻Another victim of a raider attack was Inter Way Capital LLC. First, through illegal registration actions, the company’s management and address were changed, moving it to Kyiv region. Although the Ministry of Justice canceled those records, the fraudsters used forged data to change jurisdiction, after which the Commercial Court of Kyiv region opened bankruptcy proceedings against the enterprise based on an artificially created debt to FC Fund of Debt Obligations.
🔻A separate episode was the takeover of Khorol Baby Food Plant LLC, which belonged to Russian citizen Heorhiy Sazhynov. Instead of nationalization and transfer to the management of #АРМА, the country’s only producer of infant milk formulas was raider-taken through fictitious deals and the use of security force pressure. The asset was later legalized through the Cypriot company Cacique Limited, whose beneficiary is Khomutynnik, and companies of the Astion family.
By the way, regarding these facts we have submitted hundreds of complaints and reports, and initiated dozens of cases among which are: Economic Protection Department of the NABU in Kyiv No. 72026102500000023 under part 1 of art. 240 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, Main Investigation Department of the SBU No. 22025101110000204, Poltava Regional Prosecutor’s Office No. 42025170000000096 under part 4 of art. 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
But, as we can see, the new tapes showed that raiding schemes honed over years and covered by a reliable roof cannot be broken by criminal proceedings.
Materials on the topic:
▫️Ex-Regional Party oligarch #Хомутиннік lives near Monaco, and his wife publicly urges you to donate to the front
▫️The gas dictatorship of the oligarchy: how former MP Khomutynnik sold off Ukraine’s subsoil during the war
▫️The gas oligarch and Dubai penthouses: how Vitaliy Khomutynnik built an offshore empire on Ukraine’s subsoil
▫️Gas under the control of “their own”: how Khomutynnik and Boholyubov built a scheme through Ukrnaftoburinnia
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