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The depositary institution “Dominanta Trade” figures in a case about circumventing currency restrictions.
In December 2024 the NBU sent a letter to all banks about a scheme to bypass currency restrictions via U.S. government bonds. The letter named three companies: ICU, Univer Capital, and LLC “Dominanta Trade.”
The mechanics, according to the NBU: a client buys treasuries with hryvnia that mature soon, transfers them to a foreign depository, and receives dollars abroad. According to the regulator, most of the funds did not return. The scheme was closed by the National Securities and Stock Market Commission only in 23 December — a week before the IMF memorandum deadline.
In June 2025, Ekonomichna Pravda again listed “Dominanta” among the largest resellers of foreign-currency government domestic bonds (OVDPs) for hryvnia — another way to buy currency bypassing restrictions.
Currently the depositary institution appears in criminal proceeding No. 42025100000000212 (part 3 of article 212 and part 2 of article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — tax evasion on a particularly large scale and legalization). Through foreign sovereign bonds (OZDP) series XS2895055981 with a face value of 1 dollars, cashless funds were moved out through auto importers to nonresidents, and the cars were sold for cash. Primekver opened the securities accounts in Dominanta. Officials of the institution are not named in the ruling; there is no information about charges announced.
Who is the owner
86,73% of the charter capital (7,025 million of 8,1 million UAH) belongs to an individual, the sole founder and beneficiary — Oleg Oleshko. Another 13,27% is owned by JSC “ZNVKIF Becton,” whose director and ultimate beneficiary is the same Oleshko. So control is complete: directly and through his own fund.
Since November 2025 the fund has been in liquidation: capital 125 million UAH, zero employees. In other words, one link in Dominanta’s ownership began disappearing even before the disclosure.
Dominanta’s director is Oleg Voytov. The company has broker and depositary licenses since 2013–2014 years; it is a member of PARD. There are more than a hundred documents mentioning the company in the court register. Separately, Dominanta appears as the depository of shares of Kyivmedpreparat and Halychpharm in an SBU tax case regarding the Innovation fund — there it is only a custodian, not a defendant.
🕵♂ Konvertcentr from the “shell companies” factory
LLC “Primekver,” which the investigation calls a conversion center, was created as “Kvertex Prime.” The founder is Serhiy Seko, one of the country’s largest mass registrars: as of 2024 he stood behind 810 companies. After the rename, the firm with charter capital of 500 UAH changed its profile from accounting to car trade. The owner and director now is Valentina Larchenko.
Importers that don’t look like real businesses
✔PE “Mega Autolux,” according to analytical research by the State Tax Service cited in the ruling, sold 1035 cars for 626 million UAH in 2025–2026 years and understated VAT by 39 million UAH. At the same time, its reporting for 2024 shows zero revenue and one employee. An important discrepancy: the current owner and manager is Vasyl Stoyan, not Oleksandr Shkovyra as written in publications. According to the ruling, the director of Mega Autolux on 20 October stated he was not involved in the company’s activities and admitted he had registered it for money. When the owner changed, it could not be established from open data.
✔LLC “Toptrade Zakhid” (Rivne, director Serhiy Omelkovets) appears in another case. In March 2026, within proceedings of the SBU and the Office of the Prosecutor General No. 42024000000000539, the company’s financial documents were seized along with papers of several other firms. The seizure was upheld by the Kyiv Court of Appeal in July.
✔PE “New Autolife” (Oleksandr Magdyuk) — over 2 thousand customs entries, mostly used cars.
📌 The National Bank had already warned banks about Dominanta, the press named it among key players in the foreign-currency OVDP market, and on 22 July 2026 the NBU separately tightened sanction controls for depositories on operations with OZDP. Questions for the investigation and regulators: why does the same institution end up, for the third time, next to schemes the state is trying to shut down?
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