An influential Ukrainian mogul who backed Volodymyr Zelensky’s 2019 presidential bid has been named as a suspect in a fraud and money-laundering investigation amid a nationwide crackdown on corruption.
Igor Kolomoisky, an energy, media and banking tycoon, was given a “notice of suspicion” in the criminal case, the Security Service of Ukraine said in a statement Saturday.
“It has been established that between 2013 and 2020, Kolomoisky laundered more than half a billion Ukrainian hryvnia [around $13.5 million] by transferring it abroad using the infrastructure of regulated banking institutions,” the agency’s press service said.
Kolomoisky is the co-founder of PrivatBank, Ukraine’s largest financial institution, which was taken into state ownership in 2016 after officials discovered $5 billion in assets missing from the company.
Igot Kolomoisky, the billionaire tycoon who supported Zelensky during his 2019 presidential bid, has been named as a suspect in the fraud and money laundering case. Reuters
Kolomoisky was informed that he was a suspect in a case of fraud and money laundering, the Security Service of Ukraine said Saturday. via REUTERS
The criminal case in which Kolomoisky is named as a suspect comes amid an ongoing crackdown on corruption in Ukraine. Reuters
The Ukrainian-born oligarch also controls a large media empire that promoted Zelensky during his 2019 presidential bid and “many see Zelensky as a candidate for Kolomoisky,” US think tank the Atlantic Council said in 2021.
The criminal case targeting Kolomoisky is the latest in an ongoing crackdown on corruption that saw Zelensky fire all of his army recruitment chiefs for corruption last month.
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