Investigators of the State Bureau of Investigation, together with the Prosecutor General's Office, the National Police and the SBU, as part of the criminal proceedings, conducted a number of simultaneous searches at the leadership of the National Agency of Ukraine on the identification, search and management of assets obtained from corruption and other criminals. This was reported in the press service of the GBR.
It was established that during November-December 2020, members of an organized group, which included officials of the National Agency and lawyers, took possession of funds in the total amount of more than 400. US dollars, which were transferred to the management of the Agency for Search and Asset Management (ARMA).
These persons, on the basis of forged court decisions, unfoundedly transferred money to the bank accounts of persons who had no relation to them.
Thus, on April 1, the GBR investigators conducted a series of searches in the premises of ARMA and at the residence addresses of its leaders.
Preliminary qualification of the offense: possession of funds, committed in person by a large-scale organized group, as well as the use of forged documents and the receipt of unlawful benefits by an official (part 3 of article 28, part 5 of article 191, part 4 of article 358 and part .3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Sanctions of the articles provide punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of up to 12 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years and with confiscation of property.
