The court has arrested the property of Oksana Marchenko, the wife of Viktor Medvedchuk, suspected of funding Russian occupation groups, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said.
“According to the materials of the Security Service, the court arrested the property of Oksana Marchenko, suspected of financing Russian occupation groups. The total value of the seized assets is more than 5.6 billion hryvnias,” the SBU Telegram channel reported Thursday.
According to the report, the court’s decision concerns stakes of 14% each in two oblenergos and more than 4% in a third, which Marchenko owns through five offshore companies.
In addition, two land plots, four residential houses in Kiev and Crimea, as well as 10 cars belonging to the figure, the SBU informs.
“In addition, the assets of Marchenko in 18 investment, agro-industrial, telecommunications and other companies were arrested. Among them – Kiev companies “Terra-Invest”, “Ukrkapital” and “Sport-Tour”, which the wife of Medvedchuk used to conduct subversive activities against Ukraine,” informs the SBU, specifying that “they (these companies – IF-U) founded a firm under Russian law, through which Marchenko transferred millions of dollars to accounts of the Russian Federal Guard Service and the Russian Interior Ministry in occupied Crimea, and also paid ‘taxes’ to the Russian budget.”
Earlier it was reported that SBU investigators notified Marchenko and the head of the affiliated Crimean firm of suspicion under Part 3 Article 110-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (financing actions committed for the purpose of violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or seizure of state power, changing the borders of the territory or state border of Ukraine).
Under the same article, the top manager of Ukrkapital and Sport-Tura was reported as suspected. The perpetrator was detained and a preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen.
As noted in the report of the SBU, the crime suspected Marchenko and the managers of the companies involved, provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment with confiscation of property. Seizure of assets will ensure the possibility of confiscation by a court decision and protect the property from re-registration to other persons.
The investigation continues.
Investigative and operational activities were carried out by employees of the Security Service of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk region under the procedural guidance of the regional prosecutor’s office.
