Former Ukrainian Minister of Income and Tax Oleksandr Klymenko suspected of creating a criminal gang and inflicting material damage to the state in the amount of Hr 3.1 billion has been summoned by the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) for questioning on Friday, April 21.
“Klymenko shall appear at the second investigation department of the Investigation Division of the PGO’s Main Military Prosecutor’s Office at 114 Antonovycha Street, room 22, at 10:00 Kyiv time on April 21, 2017, to participate in investigative and procedural actions as a suspect in criminal case No. 42017000000000113,” the summons posted on the PGO’s website reads.
As reported, Kyiv’s Holosiyivsky District Court on March 1 authorized a special pretrial investigation in absentia against fugitive ex-minister Klymenko. Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko said the PGO suspected that April 2012 through September 2013, while being in office and acting “as a member of a criminal group created and led by ex-President Viktor Yanukovych, Klymenko misused his official position for self-enrichment.” Lutsenko added that by means of a criminal plan, Klymenko helped to embezzle some Hr 3.166 billion while illegally refunding value-added tax (VAT) to bogus companies in especially large amounts. The illegal gains were subsequently distributed among members of the criminal organization.
Klymenko is internationally wanted.
