SBI continues to work on extradition of Zhevago and return of stolen money
Kyiv • UNN
Law enforcers are aiming to recover more than $113 million related to former MP Zhevaho from Swiss accounts.
The SBI, together with the ARMA, is working to return from the Swiss Confederation more than $113 million seized on the accounts of companies whose ultimate beneficial owner is former MP and shareholder of Bank Finance and Credit JSC Kostiantyn Zhevaho. This was reported by UNN with reference to the State Bureau of Investigation.
SBI employees ... continue .... to return to Ukraine the funds of JSC Bank Finance and Credit, as well as extradite those involved in their theft. The SBI, together with the ARMA, is working to return from the Swiss Confederation more than USD 113 million seized on the accounts of companies whose ultimate beneficial owner is former MP and shareholder of JSC Bank Finance and Credit Kostiantyn Zhevago
It is reported that the funds were seized on the basis of the relevant decision of the investigating judge of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv dated October 26, 2022, at the request of the State Bureau of Investigation. The competent authorities of the Swiss Confederation informed the SBI that the amount of assets available in the frozen accounts exceeds USD 113 million.
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"Currently, measures to apply the mechanism of transferring seized funds to the ARMA are at the final stage. Thus, on July 28, 2023, at the request of the SBI, an accomplice of oligarch Zhevago, the former deputy chairman of the board of the Finance and Credit bank, was detained in Cyprus, and the process of coordinating his extradition is underway. The SBI will not stop attempts to return the fugitive oligarch and other accomplices to Ukraine," the SBI informs.
"The investigation of the criminal proceedings continues, and new suspicions are being prepared for the accomplices in the crime," the statement said.
For example, on June 29, 2023, the SBI served a notice of suspicion to officials of Poltava Mining, owned by fugitive oligarch Zhevago. The suspicion was served to the management of the plant's board, heads of departments through which the company's financial transactions were carried out, as well as to the management of the company through which the fraud took place.
"The SBI investigation found that the plant's officials illegally seized almost UAH 400 million from the extraction and subsequent sale of minerals of national importance without the appropriate permits. In particular, the top management sold crushed stone raw materials made from waste extracted from the mineral quarry without the appropriate permits," the statement said.
In addition, the SBI actively cooperates with the justice, gendarmerie and police authorities of the French Republic.
