The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) after the notification of suspicion of the former ultimate beneficiary of PJSC CB PrivatBank (Kiev) took measures to arrest his assets.
“On the basis of the decision of the Director of the NABU, agreed by the head of the SAP, for a period of 48 hours seizure of shares in the authorized capital of companies, which the suspect owns directly or indirectly, in the context of 307 legal entities, including joint-stock companies, with an estimated value of more than 3 billion UAH, as well as almost 1 thousand real estate, more than 1.6 thousand vehicles and ships”, – reports the press service of the NABU in the Telegram-channel.
It is noted that the basis for such a decision was the need to ensure the possible confiscation or special confiscation of property in criminal proceedings on the facts of embezzlement of funds of PrivatBank in a particularly large amount, legalization of proceeds of crime and official forgery committed by an organized group.
A motion to seize the above-mentioned property has been sent to the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court.
As reported, on September 7, law enforcers notified Kolomoisky and five of his former top managers of PJSC CB PrivatBank on suspicion of taking possession of the bank’s funds worth more than UAH 9.2 billion.
According to the investigation, in January-March 2015, the ultimate beneficiary of the bank, at that time – the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, developed a plan to take over the funds of PJSC CB PrivatBank in order to further finance a controlled offshore company and increase his own share in the authorized capital of the bank. For this purpose, the bank was artificially obliged to pay more than UAH 9.2 billion to the controlled company under the pretext of allegedly repurchasing its own bonds at an inflated value.
Later, part of the amount of more than UAH 446 million was transferred to the accounts of three related legal entities under the guise of securities purchase and sale transactions, and then – to the accounts of two more. Eventually, the funds were transferred to the personal account of the ultimate beneficiary of PJSC CB PrivatBank. He disposed of them at his own discretion – he contributed them to the authorized capital of the bank in compliance with the requirements of the National Bank of Ukraine.
The actions of the defendants in the case are qualified under Art. 191, 209, 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The deputy head of the direction – director of the interbank dealing department of the bank, who at the same time was a trusted representative of a non-resident company connected with PrivatBank, was detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
