The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the Prosecutor General's Office have documented new episodes of criminal activity by the former beneficial owner of PrivatBank, Ihor Kolomoiskyi. He was exposed in fraudulently embezzling over UAH 100 million from PrivatBank.
Law enforcement agencies told Ukrainian News Agency about this.
According to the case materials, in 2014, Kolomoiskyi and persons associated with him illegally appropriated over UAH 100 million belonging to PrivatBank.
The financial scheme consisted of withdrawing credit resources and disguising their further movement as legitimate financial transactions.
According to the case materials, the controlled enterprises received loans from the bank without proper collateral and without a real economic purpose. Later, these assets passed through a number of legal entities and individuals, which created the appearance of ordinary financial circulation.
According to the prosecution, part of these assets eventually ended up in the personal accounts of the organizers of the scheme under the guise of fulfilling contracts. In particular, in December 2014, hundreds of millions of hryvnias were transferred to the suspect's personal account from an enterprise that was under his control.
At present, it has been established that as a result of such actions, the bank suffered losses in the amount of more than UAH 100 million. The amount of the losses is being clarified during the pre-trial investigation.
According to preliminary data, the source of this amount was the bank's credit resources, which were used in the so-called "re-lending" scheme through a chain of controlled companies.
According to the investigation, bank officials, managers of controlled enterprises, as well as other legal entities and individuals who ensured the transit of assets and the documentation of transactions could have been involved in the implementation of the scheme.
Investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine and prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office served Kolomoiskyi with suspicion under Part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (as amended by the Law of April 15, 2008) - fraudulent appropriation of someone else's property on an especially large scale, committed as part of an organized group.
The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for a term of up to 12 years.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, the SSU stated that unknown persons were preparing an attempt on Kolomoiskyi's life. The former owners did not pay PrivatBank USD 3 billion according to the decision of the High Court of England. The Supreme Court put an end to the case of the nationalization of PrivatBank and refused to return the bank to Kolomoiskyi. Former partner Oleksii Martynov filed a criminal complaint with the Economic Security Bureau regarding the actions of Ihor Kolomoiskyi and his partner Hennadii Boholiubov in terms of fraud with corporate rights. Another criminal investigation has been launched against Kolomoiskyi. In May 2024, Kolomoiskyi was again served with suspicion of organizing the contract killing of lawyer Serhii Karpenko in 2003.
On September 25, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv refused to change the preventive measure for businessman Ihor Kolomoiskyi from a bail of 1 billion 877 million 360 thousand hryvnias to house arrest or personal bond. Kolomoiskyi stated that "this is criminal racketeering."
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