The Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv has changed the bail measure for Ihor Kolomoiskyi in the case of embezzlement of UAH 5.8 billion, setting it at UAH 3 billion 891 million, Suspilne reported on Friday evening.
Earlier it was reported that on the first suspicion Kolomoisky was granted bail in the amount of UAH 509 million, but yesterday Kolomoisky was informed of an additional suspicion of misappropriation of UAH 5.8 billion.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Bureau of Economic Security (BES) and the Prosecutor General’s Office have uncovered new facts of criminal activity by the owner of a large financial and industrial group, Ihor Kolomoisky. Based on the SBU materials, Kolomoisky was served an additional notice of suspicion under the following articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
– Part 3 of Art. 27, Part 3 of Art. 28, Part 2 of Art. 200 (illegal actions with documents for transferring payment cards and other means of access to bank accounts, electronic money, equipment for their production)
– Art. 27(3), Art. 191(5) (misappropriation of property by abuse of office committed by an organized group on a particularly large scale);
– Part 3 of Art. 27, Part 3 of Art. 209 (legalization of the proceeds of crime).
According to the investigation, in the period from 2013 to 2014. Kolomoisky illegally seized UAH 5.8 billion. To do this, he created a criminal group consisting of employees of the bank in which he was a founder and shareholder.
During this period, members of this group allowed Kolomoisky to allegedly make systematic fictitious “cash deposits to the bank’s cash desk”, although in fact the bank did not receive any deposits.
According to the investigation, in total, this scheme allowed the defendant to receive UAH 5.8 billion, which was equivalent to more than $700 million at the time.
These fake “contributions” were then credited to Kolomoisky’s personal account and became real non-cash funds.
To legalize the virtual assets, Kolomoisky paid with them in his business activities. In particular, he gave them as loans and used them to pay off loans to companies under his control, withdrew them abroad, cashed them out and withdrew them from bank branches.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
A set of measures is being taken to establish all the circumstances of the illegal activity and bring the perpetrators to justice.
