Following an investigation by the SSU and the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine, the de facto owner of a large financial and industrial group, Ihor Kolomoiskyi, has been served a notice of suspicion of committing crimes.

Kolomoiskyi is suspected under two Articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:

• 190 (fraud);
• 209 (laundering of proceeds of crime).

Investigators established that during 2013-2020 Ihor Kolomoiskyi had laundered over half a billion UAH by transferring them abroad, using banking institutions under his control.

The pre-trial investigation under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor General’s Office is ongoing.