Judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court Oleg Tkachenko released Yaroslav Lugovoy, one of the suspects in the case of embezzlement of UAH 9.2 billion from PrivatBank, which also involves oligarch Igor Kolomoisky.
Prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office Boris Vasilenkov asked the court to order Lugovoy to remain in custody with a bail of UAH 53.6 million. The Anti-Corruption Center reported this.
Lugovoy worked as director of the interbank dealing department of PrivatBank.
According to investigators, he was also a trusted representative of Drovale Limited, a company associated with PrivatBank, which was involved in the scheme, activists said.
“The reasons are unknown, the judge has not announced them and the full text of the decision has not yet been drawn up,” writes the CPC.
The same judge will consider the request of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and SAPO to seize Kolomoisky’s assets, they said.
“We suspect that this decision is tactical preparation for the future refusal to seize Kolomoisky’s property,” the Anti-Corruption Center said.
Last Friday, NABU and SAP imposed a temporary seizure on a number of the oligarch’s assets. “Next, the arrest should be imposed by VAKS,” writes the CPC.
We are talking about shares in the authorized capital of legal entities directly or indirectly owned by Kolomoisky, 307 legal entities, including joint-stock companies, with an estimated value of more than UAH 3 billion. As well as about 1,000 objects of real estate and more than 1,600 vehicles and vessels, the CPC calculated.
On September 7, NABU announced suspicions against Kolomoisky for the theft of UAH 9.2 billion from PrivatBank.
According to the investigation, in January-March 2015, the ultimate beneficiary of the bank developed a plan to seize funds. In order to further finance a controlled offshore company and increase its share in the authorized capital of the bank. In addition to Kolomoisky, suspicions in the case were announced to five more persons.
On September 2, Kolomoisky was informed of suspicion of fraud and laundering of property obtained by criminal means. On the same day, the court chose a preventive measure for the oligarch in the form of detention for two months with an alternative of more than UAH 509 million in bail.
