Ukrainian oligarch Kolomoiskyi suspected of fraud and property laundering 

The Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General's Office reported the information.

According to the Security Service of Ukraine and the Bureau of Economic Security, the actual owner of a large financial and industrial group, Ihor Kolomoiskyi, was suspected of committing crimes under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

• Art. 190 (fraud);

• Art. 209 (legalization (laundering) of criminal proceeds). 

According to the Security Service, Kolomoisky laundered over half a billion UAH between 2013 and 2020 by transferring the funds abroad, using the infrastructure of banking institutions under his control.

The suspect was served a motion for a preventive measure.

The US Department of Justice has officially filed charges against Kolomoisky, accusing him of embezzling billions of dollars from PrivatBank and laundering these funds in the US. Kolomoisky has been in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale war, he is not leaving the country to avoid extradition to the United States.

Note: According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be criminally punished until his or her guilt is proved in accordance with the law and established by a court verdict.

• In April 2023, journalists found a 15th-century chateau in France and an apartment opposite the Eiffel Tower owned by Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoiskyi.