Kyiv’s Solomiansky District Court applied a preventive measure against all 10 suspects in the criminal case on the embezzlement of funds of Oschadbank, including the chairman of the supervisory board and beneficiary of PJSC Creative Group, who is a relative of a lawmaker and the organizer of this scam, Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) Nazar Kholodnytsky has said.
“After hearing the petitions a preventive measure in the form of arrest with an option of a bail was applied to all suspected persons, including the chairman of the supervisory board and beneficiary of PJSC Creative Group, who is a relative of a lawmaker, and according to investigators, is one of the organizers of the scam,” Kholodnytsky wrote on his Facebook last week.
He said that the court proposed a bail of Hr 5 million to the beneficiary of PJSC Creative Group.
As reported, the prosecutors of SAPO agreed on a report on notifying 10 persons that they are suspected in the criminal proceedings on the fact of seizing the loan funds of Oschadbank. Among them are two existing and one former employee of the bank, including the deputy chairman of the bank who prepared the loan issuance documentation, as well as five employees of the Creative Group, including the chief accountant, who faked a number of documents and contracts and directly legalized the funds.
The son of the current lawmaker, who, together with other beneficial owners of the Creative Group (at that time), acquired the corporate rights of PrJSC Chornomorhydrozalizobeton at the expense of the bank, was also detained and notified of suspicion. They are charged under Part 5 of Article 191 (as aiding in committing the said crime), Part 3 of Article 209, and Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code.
