During pre-trial investigation of the criminal proceedings, SBU Main Investigative Office in close cooperation with the Anti-money Laundering Department of the State Tax Service jointly with the National Securities and Stock Market Commission of Ukraine blocked illegal activity at securities market.

As a result of  taken measures and a number of investigative (search) actions, law enforcement officers identified the group of legal entities-professional participants at securities market, who issued fictitious loans to related companies with fictitiousness signs. Additionally, they provided services to real-economy companies to withdraw funds from the enterprises’ turnover, its conversion and legalization of proceeds from crime. During the period of 2019-2020, the total volume of such operations amounted to more than UAH 2.8 billion (USD 100 million).

According to investigative data, National Securities and Stock Market Commission of Ukraine made a decision to prohibit securities trading of two investment funds on September 29, 2020.

The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Currently, measures are carried out to further develop the real-economy companies, which used the services of illegal activities of the group in order to compensate for state losses.