Suspicion renewed for the former head of the National Bank: he is not the only one in the criminal case

The former head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Kirill Shevchenko, who was suspected of embezzlement by abusing his official position, has had his suspicions renewed. Now he is suspected of creating a criminal organization and laundering funds.

According to journalist Oleg Novikov, in addition to Shevchenko, the same articles incriminated his ex-deputy at Ukrgasbank Denis Chernyshev and the ex-director of the department for working with corporate VIP clients of the state bank Alexey Lyuty. According to investigators, the management of Ukrgasbank, having information about agreements concluded with large clients for the placement of funds, provided forgery of a number of documents, according to which 52 individuals and legal entities allegedly helped attract clients to the banking institution for service and for such “help” throughout 2014. In 2019, they accrued agency fees in the amount of more than UAH 206 million.

“At the same time, the accounts to which the remuneration was paid were opened only in Ukrgasbank. This provided members of the criminal organization with the opportunity to access, control and dispose of these funds. Members of the criminal organization from among the Bank's employees had the opportunity to independently withdraw funds both at the Bank's cash desks without the persons on whom these accounts were opened, and by transferring funds to other accounts. That is, payments of remuneration were made to the accounts of dummy persons, and the full disposal of the funds was carried out by members of the criminal organization,” the journalist writes.

Thus, the post says, the suspects took possession of money worth more than UAH 206 million. At the same time, a number of financial transactions were carried out to legalize and disguise the illegal origin of these funds. The money was used for personal enrichment, providing kickbacks to heads of state entities for placing significant amounts of funds in the bank and financing other illegal activities.

Let us recall that on October 4, 2022, the head of the National Bank of Ukraine, Kirill Shevchenko, announced that he was leaving his post, allegedly due to health problems.