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The controlling cashier of the notorious Peresolyak appointed to the Zakarpattia customs
The new head of Zakarpattia Customs, Viktor Ivanus, on 15 appointed Ivan Fetko deputy head of BPM No.4 of the “Uzhhorod” customs post with a salary of 6200 UAH, investigative journalist Yevhen Plinsky reported on PlinskiyMedia.
“Fetko is the godson of that very ‘godfather’ of Zakarpattia smuggling, Valeriy Peresolyak, and since 2016 he has also been the controlling cashier for one of Zakarpattia’s main operations, the Italian vans. Under the cover of migrants’ belongings, these vans carry tons of branded clothing, delicacies, and all the goods we are used to calling ‘commodity smuggling’ past the customs. This is arguably the main theme of Zakarpattia smuggling after cigarettes, which Peresolyak oversaw. And it was his godson Fetko who handled all the cash,” the report notes.
He explained Fetko’s appointment to a low-ranking post by noting that Fetko is not a career customs officer (before the appointment he was engaged in passenger transportation in Uzhhorod), and also by a desire to stay out of the sight of law enforcement and the Kyiv leadership.
“The ordinary guy Fetko, whom no one paid attention to, worked in collusion with the notorious deputy head of Zakarpattia Customs Andriy Karashchenko and was controlling about 80% of the cash flow from Peresolyak’s schemes. Apart from cigarettes, of course. There are other people, money, processes,” Yevhen Plinsky assured.
He also reminded, just in case, that combating the Italian vans scheme was one of the stated priorities of the head of the State Customs Service, Maksym Nefyodov.
“There was even a whole list formed of notorious customs officers most closely linked to Peresolyak, who under no circumstances were to be allowed into the renewed customs service. Ivan Fetko, being a godson, cashier, and controller for Peresolyak’s Italian vans operation, was on that list in the top ten and was supposed to be ousted. But he wasn’t,” Plinsky shrugged.
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