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The Specialized Anticorruption Prosecution Office has referred to court the case of former co-owner of PrivatBank Ihor Kolomoyskyi and five other former bank employees. They are charged with appropriating more than 9,2 billion hryvnias of the bank’s funds and other crimes related to the financial transactions of the institution.
As reported by Delo.ua, this information was provided by the press service of the Specialized Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office.
Kolomoyskyi Case
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office has sent to court an indictment against former co-owner of PrivatBank Ihor Kolomoyskyi and five other former bank officials. They are accused of embezzling more than 9,2 billion hryvnias of the financial institution’s funds.
According to the investigation, from January to March 2015 of the year Kolomoyskyi allegedly organized a scheme of illegal appropriation of the bank’s funds. According to law enforcement, its aim was to finance a controlled offshore company and increase his own share in PrivatBank’s authorized capital.
To implement the scheme, as the investigation claims, five bank employees at the time were involved, including the former board chairman, deputy chairmen, and managers of treasury and interbank operations.
Law enforcement believes that the participants in the scheme artificially created an obligation for the bank to pay the controlled company more than 9,2 billion hryvnias allegedly for a reverse repurchase of its own bonds at an inflated price. For this, according to the investigation, forged documents were used.
The SAP notes that more than 446 million hryvnias from these funds were laundered through a series of financial operations disguised as securities purchases. According to the investigation, these funds were subsequently contributed to PrivatBank’s charter capital to meet the requirements of the institution’s financial rehabilitation program, while the remaining amount was disposed of at the defendants’ discretion.
Depending on each defendant’s role, their actions are qualified under Articles 191, 209 and 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which concern the seizure of property, legalization of proceeds from crime, and official forgery.
Kolomoyskyi Case
As a reminder, Ihor Kolomoyskyi is currently under investigation in Ukraine and is held in custody. In September 2023 year he was announced a suspicion of fraud and legalization of more than 500 million hryvnias.
There were also several additional episodes, including regarding illegal appropriation of funds of Ukrnafta and Ukratnafta. Within the investigations, the court seized part of his assets, including corporate rights and real estate.
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