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The regulator pledged to comply with VACs requirements as soon as it receives the document in the prescribed form.
The National Bank of Ukraine stated that it had not received in an official manner VACs rulings regarding checks of banks that refuse to accept a pledge for the former deputy head of the president's office, Iryna Mudra. Therefore, the accusation of failing to execute the court's decision is regarded by the regulator as incorrect. The regulator has already begun acting on the basis of a copy of the document provided by the lawyers, reports the NBU.
Under criminal procedure law, the ruling must be sent to the National Bank directly by the court. Neither through the Electronic Court nor via other official channels has the document been submitted yet. The regulator emphasized: “The loudness of public statements cannot change the legal procedure for enforcing court decisions.”
Without waiting for an official document, the NBU received a copy of the ruling together with the defense's letter, sent requests to the banks named by the lawyers, and has already received explanations from them regarding the reasons for refusal or for conducting transactions. These responses are being analyzed. The National Bank has also begun checking whether banks comply with payment legislation, and is preparing clarifications for them about operations involving pledges and responses to VACs and the defense.
For now, the NBU only has the introductory and operative parts of the ruling. The full text is to be published on 29 in September, after which the regulator will be able to analyze the court's motives. The National Bank promised: “After the VACs ruling is received in the manner prescribed by law, the National Bank will ensure its proper execution.”
The regulator again denied that it gave banks instructions or recommendations to block pledge payments or, conversely, to carry them out. Each bank, according to the NBU, makes its own decision, analyzing the specific operation with risk considerations. As an argument, the National Bank cites the result: by the end of last week, banks had transferred more than half of the court-ordered pledge amount for Mudra to the VACs deposit account. Therefore, statements that financial institutions refuse to make such payments are deemed false by the regulator.
24 in September VACs denied Mudra’s defenders’ appeal and ordered the NBU to verify bank refusals to accept pledges to the court's deposit account. The ruling is final and cannot be appealed. 27 in September lawyers from the Miller company stated that the regulator did not comply with the court's decision within 24 hours and did not provide the defense with the correspondence with banks. According to ZN.UA sources, banks block pledges for Stolara and Mudra, informally citing the National Bank's recommendation. The NBU replied at the time that it had refused 15 banks, and explained this as their desire to avoid reputational risk.
Mudra is implicated in the NABU and SAP investigative case “Forrest Gump.” According to the investigation, together with Maksym Mykytas and Vadym Stolar, she helped launder 150 million UAH to enable the pledge for Herman Galushchenko. 25 August VACs took her into custody for 60 days with the option to post 20 million UAH as a pledge.
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