Former head of the State Special Communications Service Yuriy Shchyhol has cryptos worth almost $1.5 million - media
Kyiv • UNN
Yuriy Shchyhol, the former head of the State Service for Special Communications of Ukraine, reportedly has almost $1.5 million in cryptocurrency. According to media reports, law enforcement officers found a crypto wallet with bitcoins and Tether on his phone. NABU and SAPO filed a motion for his detention or bail in the amount of UAH 50.23 million.
Ex-head of the State Special Communications Service of Ukraine Yuriy has a crypto wallet Shchyhol has bitcoins and Tether USDT with the total equivalent of $1.476 million. This was reported with with reference to the SAPO was reported by the journalist Oleg Novikov, UNN reports.
Details
According to the journalist, the phone of the former Yuriy Shchyhol, law enforcement officers found a crypto wallet on the phone of the former head of the State Special Communications with 1,201,285 Tether USDT units (equivalent to $1,201,928) and 6.9 bitcoins ($275 thousand). In total, this is $1.476 million in crypto.
In addition, during the searches, the official was found to have 82 thousand euros and 72 thousand dollars in cash.e
In view of this, NABU and SAPO are asking to take Shchyhol into Shchyhol into custody with an alternative bail of UAH 50.23 million.
Shchyhol insists that this crypto wallet has nothing to do with him. The former head of the Yuriy Shchyhol also said that a year or six months ago, NABU did not know anything about the crypto money. knew anything about the crypto wallet, and it appeared immediately after the suspicion.
Additionally
Today, November 22, the High Anti-Corruption Court arrestedMP Andrii Darchenko MP Andriy Odarchenko with the possibility of bail in the amount of 15 million UAH. He is suspected of bribing the head of the State Agency for for the Restoration and Development of Ukraine's Infrastructure with bitcoins
On the same day, the same day, the HACC arrested with the possibility of the organizer of the scheme to seize public funds in the amount of UAH 50 million in the amount of more than UAH 62 million during the purchase by the State Service for Special Roman Koval, the organizer of the scheme to misappropriate public funds during the procurement of the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine. [On November 20, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dismissed the leadership of the State Service for of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine - the head of the agency, Yuriy Shchyhol and his deputy Viktor Zhora. After that, they were immediately notified of suspicion in the case of misappropriation of more than 62 million UAH.
In total, the SAPO and the NABU documented three episodes of criminal of criminal activity in the State Special Communications Service. Five people were notified of suspicion.
