The loans were disbursed to fictitious firms.
The General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine (GPOU) has established the fact of disbursement by PJSC “CB “Khreshchatyk”” of USD 40 mln of loan funds to fictitious firms under forged documents, the GPOU’s press-office reports.
According to the message, the pretrial investigation established that the partial funds, received as a loan through fictitious affiliated companies, were allocated for repayment of exposure under loan agreements of fraudsters in order to release from the pledge the highly liquid properties of mortgagors.
Meanwhile, according to General Prosecutor’s Office, the specified transactions on repayment of exposures and the release of pledged property from the pledge were conducted by employees of PJSC “CB ”Khreshchatyk”” for one day. As a result, the significant violation of regulatory and legal acts of the National Bank was in place, due to which bank “Khreshchatyk” was acknowledged insolvent.
The specified criminal proceeding is being investigated by the investigators of the National Police for the violation, stipulated in p. 5 of art. 191, p. 2 of art. 205, p. 3 of art. 209 of the Penal Code of Ukraine.
