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The Kolomoisky case about embezzling 9,2 billion hryvnias from PrivatBank kept at the HACC: defense denied
The Appeals Panel of the High Anti-Corruption Court did not satisfy the defense’s motion to transfer the criminal proceedings concerning Ihor Kolomoisky and former top managers of PrivatBank to another court.
This was reported by the press service of the Appeals Panel of the HACC.
On 28 August 2026, a panel of judges considered the defense’s motion to send the case from the HACC to another court. As a result of the review, the court denied the motion.
The decision took legal effect immediately after it was announced. It cannot be appealed in cassation.
This concerns criminal proceeding No. 991/10098/26 regarding the former ultimate owner of PrivatBank, Ihor Kolomoisky, and former top managers of the financial institution.
According to the investigation, the accused are charged with embezzlement of property on an especially large scale by an organized group, legalization of proceeds from crime, and official forgery. The actions of the figures are qualified under part 5 of Art. 191, part 3 of Art. 27, part 3 of Art. 28, part 1 of Art. 366, and part 3 of Art. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Besides Kolomoisky, the accused are former PrivatBank CEO Oleksandr Dubilet, his deputy Liudmyla Shmalchenko, head of the interbank operations department Nadiia Konopkina, head of the interbank dealing department Yaroslav Luhovyi, and deputy head of the department servicing correspondent bank accounts Tetyana Yakymenko.
According to the investigation, the scheme to seize funds was organized in 2015, when Kolomoisky was the owner of PrivatBank.
At that time, the bank, according to the investigation, was artificially compelled to pay a controlled company more than 9,2 billion hryvnias under the pretext of repurchasing its own bonds at an inflated price.
A further more than 446 million hryvnias, according to the investigation, were laundered through transactions in the securities of related companies.
Attempts to have cases against Kolomoisky heard in another court have already taken place. In particular, former PrivatBank CEO Oleksandr Dubilet previously tried to move another case about the embezzlement of the bank’s funds from the HACC to the Zhovtnevyi District Court of Dnipropetrovsk, which is now named the Sobornyi District Court of Dnipro.
At that time, the Supreme Court rejected those arguments, stating that the question of jurisdiction had already been resolved in October 2023 and could not be reviewed again.
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