SSU investigating NABU detective Slonevskyi involved in transfer of assets to ARMA

The court ordered the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) to enter into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations information about the commission of a number of crimes by one of the detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU).

This is evidenced by the decision of the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv dated July 11, 2024 in case No. 761/24731/24 in the Unified State Register of Court Decisions, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

In particular, on July 11, the court ordered the SSU to investigate information about the forgery of documents to create grounds for the transfer of assets to the National Agency of Ukraine for Finding, Tracing, and Management of Assets Derived from Corruption and Other Crimes (ARMA) management, as well as the NABU detective's connections with the russian federation.

According to court documents, at the end of June, lawyer Volodymyr Bohatyr, in the interests of Lvivbudmaks-Invest LLC, applied to the Security Service of Ukraine with a statement about the commission of criminal offenses by a NABU detective, including:

• official forgery (Article 366 of the Criminal Code);
• misleading the court or other authorized body (Article 384)
• declaration of false information (Article 366-2 of the Criminal Code);
• treason, collaborative activity and assistance to the aggressor state (Articles 111, 111-1, 111-2 of the Criminal Code)
• disclosure of data of operative and investigative activity, pre-trial investigation (Article 387 of the Criminal Code).

Since the application was initially ignored, a complaint was filed with the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv. The court recognized the arguments presented in it as well-founded, and obliged the SSU to immediately enter the information into the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations.

According to Ukrainian News Agency sources in the law enforcement agencies, it is about NABU detective Markiyan Slonevskyi, who declared connections with russian businessman Vladislav Iskenderov. The latter's company until recently carried out its activities in Belgorod and fulfilled state orders for the aggressor country. In connection with this, the detective was already checked by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP). Also, anti-corruption officers were previously informed of the facts of an unreliable declaration by a detective who invested money in 30 types of cryptocurrencies.

We will remind you that law enforcement agencies are investigating the activities of ARMA. In March, the State Bureau of Investigation filed information on the facts of official negligence (Article 367 of the Criminal Code), which had serious consequences for the interests of the state, in the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations. This proceeding is related to the non-fulfillment and improper performance by the officials of the Agency of their duties during the management of seized assets. The materials of the State Financial Audit of the Agency, completed on July 11 by the State Audit Service of Ukraine, were attached to the criminal proceedings on illegal actions regarding the seized property. On August 5, NABU and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SACPO) referred the case to the court accusing the former heads of the agency of embezzling funds that were under arrest and were handed over to ARMA. Also, on August 6, the Accounting Chamber announced an audit of compliance with the use of state budget funds and ARMA asset management.

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