Hetmantsev claims large-scale corruption scheme around Sense Bank
Danylo Hetmantsev, a member of the Verkhovna Rada from the Servant of the People faction and the chairman of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax, and customs policy, has spoken out about a large-scale corruption scheme involving "SENSE Bank."
He reported this on Facebook, according to the Ukrainian News agency.
"The case involving 'SENSE Bank' is a very telling example of a large-scale criminal scheme. This is not about some isolated violation or an individual’s misconduct. This is a case of the creation of an organized criminal group which, using positions at a state-owned bank and with the tacit consent of the regulator and law enforcement agencies, engaged in criminal activity over a long period of time, not only but also, in particular, in the gambling business," the MP said.
According to him, if we add to this the Ministry of Digital Transformation’s failure to implement a state online monitoring system, we end up with a ready-made “recipe for success” that allows the gambling industry to deprive the budget of tens of billions of hryvnias every year.
In fact, when a bank takes on the role of processing illegal payments for gambling and effectively provides this service to the largest operators—it is one big corrupt scheme.
"A separate question: why didn’t the National Bank see this? It even systematically turned a blind eye to the violations. But the Prosecutor General’s Office noticed—searches have already been conducted and criminal cases opened. However, let’s be honest—this isn’t about a single person, a single incident, a single transaction, or a single operation. Rather, it is a large systemic group that people are currently trying to reduce to just a few names. No, this is a large-scale scheme. And it must be uncovered precisely because of this circumstance. I believe there must be strict accountability for all those involved in this case," concluded Danylo Hetmantsev.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the day before, journalists from the Ukrainian Pravda published previously unpublished recordings of conversations between individuals involved in Operation "Midas," which exposed a high-level criminal organization in Ukraine’s energy sector.
As a reminder, on November 22, 2025, businessmen Timur Mindich and Oleksandr Tsukerman were placed on the wanted list on suspicion of committing corruption crimes in the energy sector.