Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine handed over suspicion to the director of the corporate business department of one of the commercial banks for the fact of seizing bank funds in the amount of more than UAH 56 million.

The investigation established that a credit agreement was concluded with a known insolvent borrower based on the prior conspiracy of a group of persons. The loan was issued to the manager of a fictitious enterprise who was convicted under Article 205-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Abuse of official position led to the seizure of bank funds in the total amount of UAH 56.1 million.

Currently, a motion to choose a preventive measure is being prepared for the court. Detectives are asking for bail in the amount of the damage caused.

The pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings on the grounds of an offense provided for in Part 5 of Art. 27 part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (appropriation, embezzlement of property or possession of it through abuse of official position) is carried out by detectives of the territorial management of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine in the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region under the procedural guidance of the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office.

It will be recalled that recently detectives of the ESBU informed the director of a private company of suspicion of misappropriation of budget funds in the total amount of almost UAH 6 million which organized the supply of substandard body armor to one of the military units of Zakarpattia oblast. More details https://esbu.gov.ua/en/news/esbu-reported-the-suspicion-to-the-director-of-the-supplier-of-low-quality-body-armor-for-the-armed-forces