The former ultimate beneficial owner of PrivatBank, Ihor Kolomoisky, has been served with a notice of suspicion of embezzlement of over UAH 9.2 billion. This information was published by the press service of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office on Telegram.
According to the press service, the pre-trial investigation established that between January and March 2015, one of the former owners of PrivatBank developed a criminal plan to obtain funds from the bank to finance an offshore company and increase his share in the bank's authorized capital.
In particular, 5 more persons - former employees of the banking institution - were served with a notice of suspicion of embezzlement of PrivatBank funds.
According to the SAP, the suspect involved 5 more bank employees to commit the crime, including:
- Chairman of the Board of PJSC CB PrivatBank;
- Deputy Head of the Department - Director of the Interbank Dealing Department of the bank, who was also a trusted representative of a non-resident company associated with JSC CB PrivatBank;
- Deputy Chairman of the Board of PrivatBank - Director of the Treasury;
- Head of the Department for Support of Interbank Transactions of the Treasury;
- Deputy Head of the Department for servicing accounts of LORO of correspondent banks, non-residents of the head office of PJSC CB PrivatBank.
