Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies have notified 10 more individuals involved in the Ukrhazbank case on suspicion of illegal activities of officials, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office said.
“Under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the SAP, NABU detectives notified the suspicion of 10 more participants of the organized group, led by the ex-chairman of the board of JSB “Ukrgasbank” which illegally withdrew from the financial institution 206 million UAH”, – said in a message of the SAP in the telegram channel on Tuesday.
In the SAP emphasize that according to the investigation, the bank’s employees exactly with these figures, who allegedly were “agents” of the bank and attracted large customers to him, provided the conclusion of contracts to receive from the bank “remuneration”.
“It turned out that most of these subjects (individual entrepreneurs, self-employed and legal entities) were registered solely to participate in this scheme and after receiving funds stopped their activities,” the report says.
The prosecutor’s office specifies that five of the defendants are abroad, their suspicion was reported under article 278, article 135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of Ukraine.
“To date, the total number of participants in the scheme is 15 people, including the ex-chairman of the board of “Ukrgasbank”, – is indicated in the message.
The SAP reminds that the management of the bank, having information about the agreements concluded with major clients on the placement of funds, used it to steal funds.
The investigation found that during 2014-2019 under this scheme, 52 such agents unreasonably transferred funds of the state bank in the amount of more than 206 million hryvnia.
On October 6, 2022 in the mentioned criminal proceedings 5 main figures of this crime, including the former head of the board of “Ukrgasbank”, former and current officials of banking institutions were reported on suspicion.
