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In Oksen Bank, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General, a scheme for laundering funds operated. Management, for a fee, helped the entrepreneur open accounts, conduct high-risk payments, and bypass internal financial monitoring.
Investigation established that the former bank head conspired with the entrepreneur and ensured for the businessperson:
The scheme began to be fixed no later than April 2024 year. FOP Oleksandr Vasylovych Bashchytskyi agreed with the chairman of the board of JSC Oksi Bank, Vyacheslav Parasych: accounts are opened without unnecessary questions, high-risk payments are not blocked, and financial monitoring is not touched. The service cost is 0,15% of the amount of operations each month. No time or amount limits were set.
Receipts were sent in Telegram. Money was transferred to personal cards in Universal Bank and Sense Bank, after which part of the sum was issued in cash in Kyiv.
In January 2025 year, when the monthly turnover of five firms reached 77 million UAH, Bashchytskyi asked for a discount. Parasych offered new terms: more than 250 million UAH — 0,13%, more than 500 million UAH — 0,11%.
Through Oksi Bank, transactions were conducted by the following companies:
The first payment of the “percentage” arrived in 1 July 2024 year — 4 637 UAH (calculation: 3 091 411 × 0,15%). Afterwards, payments arrived almost monthly. In January–February 2025 year the turnover from which the reward was calculated was 77 million and 94 million UAH respectively. The investigation previously publicly mentioned over 210 million UAH conducted through these five companies in the period July 2024 — February 2025 year.
Bashchytskyi was notified of suspicion under part 2 Article 368-3 KK — bribery of an official of a private law entity for a prior agreement by a group of persons, committed repeatedly.
Judge Bondarenko approved the agreement with the entrepreneur. Pleading guilty, remorse, cooperation with the investigation, and a promise to testify against another person became grounds for a mitigated sentence. Bashchytskyi was fined 51 thousand hryvnias. Additionally, he transferred 300 thousand hryvnias to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The verdict does not concern the banker who received funds on personal cards and in cash. The employees of Oksi Bank whom, according to the investigation, were involved in the scheme, are not named in the verdict. Five companies appear in the documents as “enterprises on whose behalf non identified persons acted.” Bashchytskyi has already been released from bail. The question of who stood on the other side of the scheme with 0,15% is only noted in the text, but not disclosed.
Oksi Bank is a Ukrainian bank founded in 1991 year, with its head office in Lviv. Its beneficial owner is Lviv businessman Oleh Balyash (50,44%), and 25% belongs to his wife Oksana Balyash.
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