Director of the former Turboatom Viktor Subbotin withdrew UAH 1.4 billion from the enterprise through his own bank

The general director of JSC Ukrainian Energy Machines (formerly Turboatom), Viktor Subbotin, withdrew money from a state-owned enterprise through a bank controlled by him and is trying to employ a former manager of his financial institution on the supervisory board of the state-owned company.

“We are talking about JSC Megabank, which belongs to Viktor Subbotin and was declared insolvent in June 2022. “The problems (at the bank - ed.) arose not because of a full-scale war, but long before it. Despite this, the owner of the bank, Viktor Subbotin, persistently deposited Turboatom’s money into his accounts... A total of 1.4 billion UAH. This money is very likely to be lost,” the authors of the material say.

In addition, according to Chernenko, Subbotin “extends” Mark Becker to the supervisory board of Ukrenergomashiny. He worked with Subbotin at Megabank and was Igor Rainin's first deputy when he headed the Kharkov Regional State Administration.

“Steal money from a state-owned company and then employ an accomplice to steal even more? It's hard for me to remember the scheme in a more cynical way. Even the untouchable Kolomoisky was locked in a pre-trial detention center because of scams at PrivatBank. What or who is stopping you from working on Subbotin?” the publication writes.

“Facts,” quoting the former people’s deputy, note that Subbotin headed Turboatom in 2007. In this position, he “survived” three presidents, eight governments, a revolution, and now “he actually stole 1.4 billion UAH from a warring state.

“And even after this he is not going to resign, although he should be going to a pre-trial detention center,” the media notes.

Journalists remind that the media have previously covered the topic that on September 13, 2023, the Guarantee Fund failed to sell the assets of JSC Megabank, namely the rights of claim under 105 loan agreements, for which residential and commercial real estate were transferred as security, in particular , cinema and elevator in Kharkov and the region. The assets were sold in one lot for about UAH 2.2 billion. The auction failed due to lack of participants.