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As our sources in law enforcement have told us, within the process of documenting criminal actions by high-ranking officials of Naftogaz and state banks, anti-corruption detectives uncovered a scheme to launder funds obtained through illegal activities by members of the top management of state-owned Oschadbank.
The new scheme is attributed to the need of top managers of state banks for additional ways to prove the sources of monetary proceeds obtained from shadow operations. According to the source, money laundering of income created difficulties even despite the millions in salaries of bank employees, who still could not fully dispose of cash from their schemes, writes From-ua. Materials of the case indicate that the first “swan” caught in the new laundering scheme was the top manager of Oschadbank, Nataliya Butkova-Vytvytska. It notes that she systematically laundered her “non-labor” income by issuing fictitious loan agreements, under which she allegedly provided substantial foreign currency funds and, through a subsequent mutual agreement-based withdrawal, obtained the necessary documentary confirmation for herself.
The options for legitimizing funds under this scheme were distinguished by the level of threat. A small amount was registered as a notarized voluntary transfer or reimbursement, while for a large sum the funds went through a court case and a settlement approved by the court. According to the source, evidence of funds legalization was additionally documented by anti-corruption detectives during the operational steps of the Forest Gump operation, since Butkova-Vytvytska turned out to be involved in collecting funds for a bail. In this case, other participants in the scheme—the notary, the lawyer, and law enforcement officers from Kyiv’s main police department—are currently being documented. As reported earlier, following the Forest Gump operation, the Chairman of the Board of Oschadbank Yuriy Ka tson and the Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Andriy Pyshny were summoned to provide explanations at a meeting of the Verhovna Rada’s Temporary Inquiry Commission. More details about the circumstances and progress of the TSC meeting are available at the link.
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