The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has opened criminal proceedings on abuse of power against former Income and Tax Minister Oleksandr Klymenko and other officials of the ministry, as well as tax evasion on a large scale.
According to the press service of the authority, as part of the
investigation, instructions were given to identify banking institutions
that were controlled by the former minister and illegally used or are
currently being used for the transfer of non-cash assets into cash and
involving them in shady schemes.
“At the end of June this year a reply was received for the execution
of the order stating that it was found out that the financial
institution controlled by Klymenko, PJSC Green Bank (10 Kostiantynivska
Street, Kyiv), was used and is being used for the above mentioned
purposes,” reads a statement.
The PGO press service also reported that in connection with the
application of the investigator on July 4 the Kyiv Pechersky District
Court made a ruling to grant permission for a search in the building of
PJSC Green Bank to seize documents, computers, records, items, as well
as criminally obtained cash relevant to the investigation of the
criminal proceedings.
