Pyshnyi suspected of mediating during the transfer of 33% of Karpatnaftokhim in exchange for lifting the arrest on the plant

Pishnoho is suspected of mediation during the transfer of 33% Karpatnaftokhim for removing the arrest from the plant

The main version of the investigation is that 33% corporate rights of Karpatnaftokhim could have been transferred as a bribe for lifting the arrest from the plant and for preventing its transfer to the Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA).

According to ZN.ua sources among law enforcement, a share was re-registered in Vasyl Vesely, who is considered connected with the authorities, and the intermediary in this scheme could have been the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Andriy Pyshny.

How the scheme could have been organized

Karpatnaftokhim is a former asset of the Russian company Lukoil, which in 2017 year passed to Ilkham Mamedov and Ihor Shchutskiy. The third unofficial co-owner of the enterprise, according to the publication, was the late former member of parliament and one of the leaders of the People’s Front party, Andriy Ivanchuk, who was acquainted with Pyshny.

Ivanchuk publicly denied ownership of the enterprise. At the same time, his involvement in the asset was previously claimed by Ihor Kolomoyskyi and former head of Ukrsypirtu Mykhailo Labutin.

According to a ZN.ua source, during the investigation the prosecution obtained evidence that it was Ivanchuk’s partners who were entrusted with addressing issues in cooperation with law enforcement. In this version, Pyshny is mentioned as someone who was acquainted with Ivanchuk since student days.

Investigators suppose that Pyshny could have acted as a mediator who ensured the implementation of the scheme. One of the grounds for the search, according to the publication, was evidence of close ties between the head of the NBU and other defendants in the case, in particular with Vasyl Vesely.

What complicates the investigation

It is not easy to establish the circumstances of a possible agreement: Andriy Ivanchuk has died, and Ilkham Mamedov and Ihor Shchutskiy are outside Ukraine.

At the same time, a ZN.ua source believes that the investigation has substantial evidence that became the basis for obtaining a court order for the search.

The presented version is the position of the prosecution, conveyed by the publication’s sources. It does not mean that the involvement of Andriy Pyshny or other listed individuals in the crime has been proven by a court.