The Main Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine is conducting an investigation into the management and co-owners of the Mriya agricultural holding. According to a ruling by Kyiv's Pechersky District Court, the former management of the agricultural holding was involved in fraudulent activities involving issued loans, causing damages totaling over $1,3 billion.
Ministry of Internal Affairs investigators established that between 2010 and 2014, former top managers of the Mriya agricultural holding falsified the company's financial indicators. Nikolai Guta and his accomplices, through 300 shell companies, acted as counterparties to fictitious contracts and purchased products for the agricultural holding at inflated prices. These actions resulted in Mriya agricultural holding demonstrating inflated profitability compared to its competitors and obtaining additional financial resources.
Furthermore, it has become known that the agroholding's management repeatedly resorted to illegal asset stripping, which were then used for private purposes. Through their actions, the former top managers of the Mriya agroholding caused damage to UkrSibbank, First Ukrainian International Bank, and other creditors totaling over $1,3 billion.
Investigators discovered that the loan funds were transferred to a Cyprus offshore company, Mriya Agro Holding Public Limited. The founders of the latter are members of the family of Nikolai Guta, the former head of the Mriya agroholding.
As a reminder, on December 29, 2014, Mriya co-owner Nikolai Guta was served with a notice of suspicion. On January 20, 2015, Interpol placed Nikolai Guta on the international wanted list.
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