On Feb. 18, 2019, an indictment against Oleksandr Onyschenko, Ukrainian MP and the organizer of a scheme to embezzle state funds during natural gas production and sale under joint venture agreements with Ukrgazvydobuvannia PJSC, was sent to the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv. The investigation of the financial director of the enterprises controlled by the MP and involved in the scheme has also been completed.
On February 14, 2019, during the consideration of the case as of the ex-Head of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, the Shevchenkivsky District Court of Kyiv arrested 297 thousand USD stored by the ex-official in a bank account in the the United Kingdom. According to the court decision, the competent authorities of the United Kingdom in the framework of international legal assistance may resolve the issue of the arrest of these funds.
On February 13, 2019, the Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) completed the pre-trial investigation of the case as of the facts of causing 8.245 million USD damage to the State Enterprise (SE) «Ukrcosmos». The defence and the suspects had been granted with access to the documents of the pre-trial investigation.
The Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO), completed a pre-trial investigation of the case as of a representative of the international Grain Trader involved in causing losses to the PJSC “State Food and Grain Corporation of Ukraine” (SFGCU) in the amount of more than 60 million USD (more than 1.6 billion UAH). On February 11, 2019, the suspect and the defence were provided with access to the materials of the pre-trial investigation.
On February 6, 2019, the Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) and the Prosecutor's Office of Kyiv jointly with the representatives of the Main Directorate of Economic Counter-Intelligence Protection of the State's Interests of the Security Service of Ukraine gave a notice of suspicion to ex-Director General of the State Enterprise (SE) «Ukrainian Television Film Studio» Ukrtelefilm». He is suspected of abuse of office and the use of fake documents, resulting in more than 67.73 million UAH damage caused to the SE. The actions of an ex-Director qualified under Part 2 Article 364, Part 4 Article 358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.