The Prosecutor General’s Office carries out systematic measures to detect and combat criminal offenses in the banking sector.

Thus, under the procedural supervision of the prosecutors of the Prosecutor General’s Office, a pre-trial investigation is carried out in criminal proceedings on the facts of embezzlement and misappropriation of the property of a banking institution and bringing it to bankruptcy.

In this criminal proceeding, on November 13, 2024, two persons were notified of suspicion of embezzlement of someone else's property, which was in the possession of a person, in particularly large amounts, according to a prior conspiracy by a group of persons, under the conditions of martial law under Part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

During the subsequent pre-trial investigation, new facts of criminal actions aimed at misappropriation of the property of a banking institution were found. In particular, it was established that the leadership of the banking institution, abusing its official position, acting as part of an organized group with other persons, granted loans to two enterprises without adequate security in violation of the requirements stipulated by the Law of Ukraine «On Banks and Banking Activities».

The company used the received funds to purchase foreign currency, which was immediately transferred abroad to non-resident enterprises on the basis of fictitious contracts under the guise of advance payment for the supply of goods. Subsequently, bankruptcy proceedings were initiated against the borrowing enterprises. In turn, as a result of the withdrawal of liquid assets, the bank was declared insolvent and the liquidation procedure was started.

The result of the specified illegal actions the banking institution suffered losses in the amount of UAH 38.6 million.

The former chairman of the banking institution's board, as well as other members of an organized criminal group, were notified of suspicion of misappropriation of someone else's property by abusing an official's official position, committed in the conditions of martial law by an organized group in particularly large amounts under Part 5 of Art. 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The pre-trial investigation is carried out by the Main Investigation Department of the State Bureau of Investigation with the operational support of the Strategic Investigations Department of the National Police of Ukraine.