NABU and SAPO serve Ihor Kolomoisky suspicion notice of misappropriation of PrivatBank funds worth over UAH 9.2 billion
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office have served Ihor Kolomoisky with a notice of suspicion of misappropriation of PrivatBank's funds worth over UAH 9.2 billion.
This was reported by the press services of the NABU and the SAPO.
The investigation established that in January-March 2015, Kolomoisky developed a plan to seize PrivatBank's funds in order to further finance controlled offshore companies and increase his own share in the bank's authorised capital.
For this purpose, the bank was obliged to pay over UAH 9.2 billion to this controlled company as an alleged buyback of its own bonds at an inflated value.
Then, a part of the amount of over UAH 446 million was transferred to the accounts of three related legal entities under the guise of securities purchase and sale transactions, and later to the accounts of two more. Later, these funds were transferred to Kolomoisky. He contributed them to the charter capital of PrivatBank to meet the requirements of the National Bank.
The suspects also include:
- former Chairman of the Board of PrivatBank;
- Deputy Head of the Department - Director of the Interbank Dealing Department of the bank, who was also a trusted representative of a non-resident company associated with PrivatBank;
- Deputy Chairman of the Board - Director of the Treasury;
- Head of the Department for Support of Interbank Transactions of the Treasury of PrivatBank;
- Deputy Head of the Department for servicing LORO accounts of correspondent banks, non-residents of PrivatBank's head office.
Their actions were classified under the following articles of the Criminal Code, depending on the role of each participant in the criminal scheme:
- 191 - misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property through abuse of office;
- 209 - legalisation (laundering) of the proceeds of crime;
- 366 - forgery in office
