Operation "Forrest Gump": NABU and SAPO revealed details of a UAH 150 million scheme involving the deputy head of the Office of the President, a former MP, and others

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office released a video with more complete audio recordings and details of the case as part of a special operation called "Forrest Gump" to expose a criminal organization. Among those involved in the case are a current and a former member of parliament, as well as senior officials of the Office of the President, UNN writes. UNN.        

The NABU and SAPO, as part of a special operation to eliminate high-level corruption, detained a group of individuals who organized and ensured the legalization of funds obtained through criminal means. The case concerns UAH 150 million in cash which, according to investigators, was introduced into legal circulation through a number of accounts belonging to shell companies in order to pay bail for one of the members of the criminal organization in the "Midas" case. The group included the deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, a former member of parliament, the chairman of the board of a state-owned bank, the chairman of the supervisory board of a state-owned bank, and other individuals. To implement the scheme, the group used a state-owned bank and the accounts of controlled enterprises. Every stage of the criminal plan was coordinated and controlled by him

According to him, "at the beginning of June, the organizers of the scheme gained actual control over JSC Sense Bank. This gave them the opportunity to use it in their own interests."

"During the investigation, the bureau's detectives also documented instances of interference aimed at placing controlled individuals in the NABU and other law enforcement agencies," the NABU detective continued.

Accompanying the released audio recordings, the NABU detective stated that "the organizers of the scheme are discussing the issue of posting bail for one of the members of the criminal organization in the 'Midas' case."

"To legalize the funds, the perpetrators involved companies and individuals under their control," the NABU detective noted.

"In addition, the perpetrators involved the top management of the state-owned bank and coordinated the scheme for carrying it out with them," he stated.

Accompanying the released audio recordings, the NABU detective also stated that "a confidant of the former member of parliament is talking about a meeting with the head of Sense Bank's board."

The video also includes video footage.

The NABU detective further said in the video that "on June 16, a meeting took place between the confidant of the former member of parliament and the chairman of Sense Bank's board. Subsequently, the confidant informed the former member of parliament about the agreements reached during the meeting."

In addition, while accompanying the recordings, the NABU detective stated that "the former member of parliament is speaking by telephone with the deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and telling him about the conversation between his confidant and the chairman of Sense Bank's board."

"The first tranche, amounting to UAH 50 million, was delivered to the office of the former member of parliament and divided. UAH 15 million was received by the confidant, while UAH 35 million was transferred to a conversion center, the so-called laundry," the NABU detective said in the video.

"Immediately after the meeting, the former member of parliament informed an accomplice in the crime, an influential businessman, about receiving the first tranche," the NABU detective added.

"That same day, the second tranche, amounting to UAH 10 million, was delivered," he continued.

The NABU detective also stated that "the chairman of Sense Bank's supervisory board reported to the deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine on the crediting of funds to the accounts of enterprises involved in the scheme."

"The third tranche, amounting to UAH 70 million, was delivered to the office of the former member of parliament and divided into two parts. UAH 20 million was received by the confidant, while UAH 50 million was transferred to the laundry," the NABU detective said in the video.

"They handled the final tranche, amounting to UAH 20 million, according to the same scheme," he stated.

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