The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office has submitted an indictment to the court regarding former head of the National Bank Kyrylo Shevchenko, ex-deputy chairman of the board of Ukrgasbank Denys Chernyshov, and others for the unlawful appropriation of more than 206 million UAH from Ukrgasbank.
This was reported by the SAP press service, without naming the individuals involved.
According to "Slovo i Dilo", the case specifically concerns Shevchenko and Chernyshov. In addition to them, the indictment also implicates Chernyshov's wife Natalia, former deputy director of the corporate VIP clients department at Ukrgasbank Elena Khmelenko, former first deputy attorney general Mykola Gerasymyuk and his wife Yekaterina, entrepreneur Dmytro Kozak, and former director of the corporate VIP clients department at Ukrgasbank Oleksii Liutyi.
“On February 28, 2025, the SAP prosecutor submitted an indictment to the court based on the materials of the pre-trial investigation by NABU against 8 members of a criminal organization led by the former head of the board of JSC 'Ukrgasbank', which unlawfully withdrew 206 million UAH from the financial institution. The investigation into the case was completed on September 27, 2023. Since then, the defense has reviewed the case materials,” the prosecutor's office noted.
It is worth reminding that NABU and SAP have updated the suspicions against former National Bank head Kyrylo Shevchenko and other individuals involved. They are now suspected of forming a criminal organization and laundering funds obtained through criminal means. Shevchenko himself is currently on the wanted list.
The investigation alleges that the leadership of Ukrgasbank, possessing information about contracts with major clients for fund placement, facilitated the forgery of several documents. According to these documents, 52 individuals and legal entities allegedly assisted in attracting clients for banking services, and for this “assistance,” they received agency fees totaling more than 206 million UAH from 2014 to 2019.
Moreover, the accounts to which the remuneration was paid were opened solely at Ukrgasbank. This allowed members of the criminal organization access, control, and management of the mentioned funds. Members of the organization among the bank's employees could independently withdraw funds both at the bank's tellers without the individuals for whom the accounts were opened and by transferring funds to other accounts.
Thus, the perpetrators misappropriated funds totaling over 206 million UAH. Simultaneously, a series of financial operations were carried out to legitimize and conceal the illegal origin of these funds. The money was used both for personal enrichment, for providing “kickbacks” to officials of state entities for placing significant sums in the bank, and for financing other illegal activities.