61 new cases, five indictments sent to court - NABU and SAPO results in March 2021
In March 2021, the NABU Detectives launched probes within 61 criminal cases, served four notices of suspicion, filed five indictments against eight people. Two convictions in respect of three persons came into force.
The Detectives also completed the investigation in a number of high-profile cases, including:
- the probe into the attempts to seize state power, obstruct the work of the High Qualification Commission of Judges, as well as participation in a criminal organization and abuse of influence by the Сhairman and judges of the Kyiv District Administrative Court (KDAC) in collusion with a number of other persons;
- the probe into receiving a bribe by a lawmaker and his aide, who were exposed as a result of a secret operation involving an undercover Detective.
The following cases were sent to court:
- the transfer of a bribe by the Chairman of the Kharkiv District Administrative Court, who put pressure on one of the judges of the same court to make a decision in an administrative case on a land issue in favor of a commercial company;
- causing UAH 2.2 million losses to the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine;
- the abuse of power and official position by the Director of the state enterprise "Marine Search and Rescue Service" and his deputy;
- the second attempt to bribe the head of the State Property Fund of Ukraine;
- the embezzlement of UAH 27 million of Yuzhnoukrainsk NPP.
The last month also saw new suspects in the PrivatBank case: the former chairman of the board, his deputy, and the head of the interbank operations department are suspected of embezzling USD 314.9 million (UAH 8.2 billion at the NBU exchange rate). This is the second episode in the criminal activity of PrivatBank's top management exposed by NABU. The first one concerned a scheme to withdraw almost UAH 140 million through an insurance company controlled by the bank's former beneficiaries.
In addition, in March, at the request of NABU and SAPO, the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court seized UAH 674 million in accounts with the State Treasury, intended to reimburse VAT to companies involved in a corruption scheme.