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The Cabinet of Ministers has taken several decisions regarding officials of the state-owned Sense Bank. In particular, the head of the bank's supervisory board has been suspended.
The government also initiated the suspension of the bank's chief executive. This was stated by Prime Minister Serhiy Korenetskyi.
What does the prime minister say about the scandal around Sense Bank?
According to Korenetskyi, other officials of the bank who are mentioned in the pretrial investigation materials should bear similar responsibility.
The facts disclosed by anti-corruption agencies require proper assessment and cannot remain without a response. Trust is a fundamental condition for operating a state financial institution,
— added the prime minister.
What is known about the scandal surrounding the bank
The government's loud decisions were prompted by extensive investigative actions and investigations by anti-corruption agencies. In particular, detectives from NABU and SAP exposed a criminal organization that included current and former lawmakers, and are also checking involvement of high-ranking officials of the Office of the President. According to the investigation, the criminals laundered 150 millions of hryvnias through accounts of firms under state control, which they gained control of at the beginning of June.
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As already reported on our site, searches took place at the supervisory board office of the bank, including at the suspended head of the supervisory board Mykola Hladyschenko, more details can be read in the article about the searches at the bank's supervisory board leadership.
Against the backdrop of the resonant events, the Verkhovna Rada summoned the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Andriy Pyshnyy, for questioning. More on this was written in the news that the Rada is summoning the NBU head over the Sense Bank scandal.
At the same time, the bank itself stated that it is cooperating with the investigation and providing all necessary information. Earlier we also covered the bank's official statement regarding the investigative actions, which emphasized that all bank services continue to operate in the usual mode.
Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item "Уряд відсторонив голову наглядової ради "Сенс Банку"". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: Channel 24.
