Ukrgasbank

206 million UAH through fictitious "agents"

From 2014 to 2020, Ukrgasbank officials implemented a scheme to withdraw funds under the guise of paying intermediary services for attracting large clients. In reality, the intermediation was only on paper: clients placed deposits in the bank independently or at the request of the Cabinet of Ministers, but the bank paid fictitious "agents" monthly for services they never provided. Through 52 fictitious agency contracts, 206 million UAH were withdrawn from the state bank — funds were credited to accounts of nominal persons, with actual access held by members of a criminal organization.

Former NBU head wanted internationally

A total of 15 individuals were suspected of creating a criminal organization, embezzling funds on an especially large scale, official forgery, and money laundering. The organizer of the scheme, according to the NABU, is former chairman Kyrylo Shevchenko, who was later appointed head of the National Bank of Ukraine. The criminal proceedings related to Ukrgasbank were initiated back in 2019, but this did not prevent Shevchenko from heading the National Bank in 2020. After his resignation from the NBU, he was declared internationally wanted, the High Anti-Corruption Court arrested him in absentia, and the Prosecutor General's Office submitted an extradition request.