The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has declared businessman Serhiy Kurchenko a suspect in the embezzlement of funds of Ukrgazvydobuvannia and placed him on the wanted persons list.
“The Prosecutor General’s Office has declared the chairman of the VETEK supervisory board, Serhiy Kurchenko, and other persons suspects in the embezzlement of the property of the Ukrgazvydobuvannia state enterprise,” the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on March 20.
It turned out that these persons, by committing illegal business transactions on the purchase and sale of liquefied natural gas, had caused damage to the state’s interests in a large scale, worth a total of more than Hr 1 billion.
The crime was qualified under Part 5, Article 191 of the Criminal Code (misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property through abuse of office).
“The suspect has been put on the wanted persons list, and his location is being established,” reads the report.
Earlier it was reported that the Prosecutor General’s Office had exposed financial schemes involving Kurchenko’s commercial structures and had launched criminal proceedings.
