Hetmantsev should be checked by the SBU. Concorde co-founder Olena Sosedka says he has possible ties to the Russian Federal Security Service

The shareholders of Concord Bank are calling on the Security Service of Ukraine to check the activities of Danylo Hetmantsev, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, for ties to the Russian FSB. A corresponding appeal was published by the co-founder of the Concord Bank, Olena Sosiedka, UNN reports .

Context

Hetmantsev published a post on his Telegram channel in which he publicly accused the owners of Concord Bank of fraud. He also stated that a criminal case had allegedly been opened against them, and then, according to him, it was closed. He also called on the OGP to open a case against the owners of Concorde and promised to initiate a meeting of the relevant provisional investigatory commission (PIC) in parliament.

"We, the shareholders of Concorde, are appealing to the Prosecutor General's Office and the SBU to check the potential fraudster and, according to the media, FSB agent Danylo Hetmantsev," Olena Sosedka wrote on her Facebook page.

In particular, she recalled that Hetmantsev had long worked as an assistant to MP Oleksandr Sivkovych, who, according to law enforcement, is suspected of treason and is an agent of the Russian Federal Security Service. In addition, Olena Sosedka noted that Hetmantsev's protégé works at the tax office. Yevhen Sokur, a former assistant to the head of the Rada's tax committee, is now acting deputy head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, against whom a criminal case is being investigated.

According to Olena Sosiedka, Hetmantsev ignores the question of why Sokur continues to work in the tax service despite the criminal proceedings against him. According to the investigation, Sokur's actions as acting deputy head of the State Tax Service caused serious consequences for Ukrtatnafta and the state in the form of the inability to fulfill the mobilization tasks of the Ministry of Defense for the production and supply of petroleum products for the needs of defense and the state's defense capability.

 "He (Hetmantsev - ed.) is blatantly lying when he talks about some criminal cases against Concorde shareholders that have never existed and do not exist. By accusing us of fraud, he is trying to convince not only himself, but also the public. But at the same time, Hetmantsev is silent about the criminal case against his protégé in the tax office, Yevhen Sokur, who, according to the investigation, was involved in disrupting the supply of fuel to the military at the most difficult time for the country and the army. Isn't this a betrayal?" - Olena Sosedka wrote.

In addition, she reminded that many media outlets accuse Hetmantsev of hiding "dirty, and possibly looted money" in the shadows of his mother's business. "We do not rule out that he is the one who is ripping off and trampling on businesses and getting into the pockets of Ukrainians. Why doesn't he explain how his relatives got their fabulous wealth?" - Olena Sosiedka asked.

At the same time, she does not rule out that it was Hetmantsev who was behind the idea of illegally depriving Concorde of its banking license. And now, according to Sosedka, the MP is doing everything to delay the tax audit of the bank.

"This henchman of Sivkovych, a schemer and probably a bribe-taker (this is the place for the SBI to investigate), decided to destroy a bank that had been working honestly in the market for more than 17 years under the guise of a champion of evil. It is highly likely that it was his idea to deprive Concorde of its license, and we believe that he instructed the tax authorities to impose fines worth tens of billions of hryvnias. Why doesn't he explain how he came up with these amounts in his delirium, possibly drunk? Why is Hetmantsev silent about the fact that it is probably on his instructions that the tax authorities are delaying the audit of our bank, while he is hysterically trying to find at least some reasons to charge the fines he has imagined?" - Olena Sosedka asked.

She also recalled that Hetmantsev had repeatedly put pressure on the court. This refers to several posts by Hetmantsev, in which he called on the public to put pressure on the court and openly criticized  the judges' decisions. Judge of the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv Vitaliy Tsyktych appealed to the High Council of Justice and the Office of the Prosecutor General with a statement about pressure from Hetmantsev and the MP's attempts to influence the court's decisions and interfere in its activities. 

"Hetmantsev is already so confident in his impunity and absolute power that he publicly allows himself to tell law enforcement officers and judges what to do and how to do it. He allows himself to define who is a criminal, who is not a Ukrainian and humiliate women. Why is he silent about how he tried to influence judges? Why doesn't he say that he went so far in his pressure that judges are already asking for their protection?" Olena Sosedka asked.

According to her, the MP is avoiding the topic of the fact that the liquidation of Concord Bank was illegal.

"Why is Mr. Hetmantsev silent about the fact that the court sided with Concorde because the liquidation of our bank, which he probably carried out with the help of the National Bank, was illegal? Why doesn't he say that not only the tax authorities but also representatives of the Deposit Guarantee Fund fainted from the amount of fines he most likely ordered us to pay? Is he really so voracious that the courts are no longer an authority for him? And finally, why don't you, the irreverent Mr. Hetmantsev, while fighting the gambling business, tell the society that you are involved in it?" - Olena Sosiedka asked.

She emphasized that representatives of Concord Bank are ready to attend every meeting of the TSC that Hetmantsev wants to create, "because they are sure that as a result of the investigation, he will come out on his own.

Recall

Earlier, based on the materials of the SBU and the State Bureau of Investigation, Sivkovych's actions were classified under articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

- Part 1 of Article 255 (creation, management of a criminal community or criminal organization, as well as participation in it);

- Art. 28(2) and Art. 111(1) (high treason committed by prior conspiracy)

"Since Sivkovych is hiding in Russia, comprehensive measures are being taken to bring him to justice," the SBU said. 

The offender faces life imprisonment.