Ruslan Tsyplakov
Ruslan TsyplakovA close friend of Yanukovych Jr., former owner of Yuzhkombank, and founder of the Ferrari Team Ukraine racing team, known in the criminal underworld as "Tsypa," fled to Russia with his accomplices. However, he continues his economically destructive activities. In particular, companies associated with him recently secured court orders to recover hundreds of millions of hryvnias from Ukrtransgaz.
Specifically, the Kyiv Regional Commercial Court issued two rulings in favor of Turbotrade, according to which its real (not shell) owners will receive UAH 81,5 million and UAH 90,5 million under 2012 contracts. And that's not all: a ruling on the third claim, valued at over UAH 60 million, is expected soon. Other "shells" from Tsyplakov's program have also been spotted in the fundraising scheme: for example, Turbolinks filed a UAH 118 million claim against Ukrtransgaz, all in the same Kyiv Regional Commercial Court.
Criminal proceedings under Articles 364 (abuse of power or official position) and 191 (embezzlement, misappropriation of property, or taking possession of property through abuse of official position) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine were opened back in 2014. The Prosecutor General's Office took up the investigation into the embezzlement of public funds by Ukrtransgaz officials between 2010 and 2014. The swindlers are accused of "organizing the procurement of goods, works, and services from controlled enterprises at significantly inflated prices, thereby causing losses to the state."
Investigators also state: “As a result of the influence of senior government officials and their entourage, during 2010-2014, the heads of DC PJSC Ukrtransgaz NAK Naftogaz of Ukraine, together with the heads of Prominvestavtomatika LLC, Turbotrade LLC, Turbolinks LLC, Yunas Group LLC, Trade Group Style LLC, Aqua Modern LLC, Style-Torg LLC, Europrom 2012 LLC, Irtek LLC, and Ispirit LTD LLC, committed theft of state funds by organizing the procurement of goods, works, and services from the aforementioned enterprises controlled by DC PJSC Ukrtransgaz NAK Naftogaz of Ukraine at significantly inflated prices.”
Representatives of the Prosecutor General's Office claim that the embezzlement in this case alone exceeds 650 million hryvnias. Unfortunately, its employees are completely powerless to stop the process of milking the economy at this stage. As a result, the shell companies that grew under Tsyplakov's wing continue to inflict millions of dollars in damage on the domestic economy.
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