NABU puts ex-Verkhovna Rada deputy Ruslan Demchak on the wanted list

He is suspected of illegally receiving compensation for renting housing in Kyiv, when he had an estate near the capital.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau has put former MP Ruslan Demchak on the wanted list for abuse of power or official position.

“The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine is looking for a suspect in criminal proceedings No. 52024000000000164 dated 04/08/2024, namely Ruslan Evgenievich Demchak, on suspicion of committing a crime under Part 2 of Art. 364 UKU,” the message notes.

According to media reports, NABU reported suspicions against Demchak of illegally receiving compensation for rent in Kyiv, when he had an estate near the capital.

Demchak, when he was a people's deputy of Ukraine, received compensation for renting housing in Kyiv, although he had a private house in Kryukovshchina, near Kiev. This house was registered in his father’s name, but the politician used it. According to NABU and SAP, the ex-people’s deputy illegally received about 225 thousand UAH in compensation. The politician was informed of the suspicion in absentia, since his place of residence had not been established.

He is charged with committing an offense under Part 2 of Art. 364 UKU.

In addition, the Office of the Prosecutor General informed the ex-deputy of suspicion due to fraud on the stock exchange. In the “scheme” he received 20 million UAH of illegal profit. According to the investigation, the People's Deputy of Ukraine, holding the position of Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Financial Policy and Banking, in a preliminary conspiracy with the directors of two private enterprises, acted as an accomplice in manipulating stock market participants on the stock exchange. Such actions led to the deputy receiving illegal investment profits in the amount of UAH 20 million.

The former people's deputy committed financial transactions with funds obtained by criminal means and actions aimed at concealing and disguising their illegal origin on an especially large scale. “The exposed illegal scheme is associated with the artificial conclusion of cyclical exchange transactions in order to obtain investment income by predetermined persons, is manipulation in the stock market and is aimed at introducing funds of unknown origin into legal circulation,” the report says.

Such funds were subsequently used by national public figures and reflected in their declarations of the property status of persons authorized to perform the functions of the state and local self-government.