The General Prosecutor’s Office and the State Security Service of Ukraine apprehended Ukreximbank employees, who obtained improper advantage, amounting to UAH 1.5 mln.
“The fact of blackmail and obtaining improper advantage by the head and chief legal officer of the Poltava branch bank of PJSC “State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine” has been documented. The executives were apprehended on August 12 after obtaining improper advantage in the amount of UAH 1.5 mln”.
The investigation established that the specified executives, abusing their office and acting voluntarily, by previous conspiracy, demanded and obtained UAH 1.5 mln from the director of one of business companies, dealing with sale of production facilities of cotton-spinning mill, which is pledged by Ukreximbank.
Currently the package of urgent procedural and investigative measures, aimed at establishing the facts of the committed criminal act, is being conducted, and the question of choosing pretrial restrictions by the apprehended as taking into custody is being decided. The actions of criminals are qualified as per p.4 of art.368 of CC.
Source: General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine.
