The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office located the funds embezzled by deputy head of the National Bank of Ukraine Borys Prykhodko through Brokbusinessbank are at one of the European banks.
“Prykhodko has been arrested and now he is in a detention facility…
Some Hr 2 billion was stolen through Brokbusinessbank and the relevant
schemes and we need to determine where this money is,” Prosecutor
General of Ukraine Vitaliy Yarema said at a press briefing in Kyiv.
On July 31 the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office
detained deputy governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Borys
Prykhodko. According to the results of the investigation conducted, in
February 2014 the NBU deputy head by prior collusion with the board
chairman of OJSC Agrarian Fund and Brokbusinessbank officials illegally
seized UAH 2.069 billion in cash of OJSC Agrarian Fund.
However, Yarema stressed “in particular we have information that they [the funds stolen] were brought to one of European banks.”
The measure of restraint applied to Prykhodko is detention. He is
suspected of offences under Part 5 of Article 191 (misappropriation,
theft of property or seizure by malpractice) and Part 3 of Article 209
(legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime) of the Criminal Code
of Ukraine.
In March 2014, Prykhodko was appointed deputy head of the NBU.
