The Dnipropetrovsk Prosecutor's Office is investigating the embezzlement of 400 million hryvnias by Aktabank employees, the agency's press service reported, according to infoUA.biz.
"The Dnipropetrovsk Prosecutor's Office has opened criminal proceedings against officials of PJSC Aktabank for embezzlement of another's property on an especially large scale (Part 5, Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine)," the statement reads. It is noted that these individuals, through prohibited financial transactions, withdrew funds from the bank and converted them into cash, thereby causing damage to the bank's individual depositors.
Specifically, in late July of this year, with the intention of deliberately siphoning off real assets, the bank provided loans to four LLCs totaling $38 million, secured by the assets of companies located in the ATO zone (in Luhansk). The bank then demanded early repayment of the loans, knowing that the companies would not repay the funds.
It has been established that the bank's outstanding depositor claims currently total 92 million hryvnias. The total amount of embezzled funds exceeds 400 million hryvnias. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
As a reminder, Aktabank PJSC was previously classified as insolvent by Resolution No. 576 of the Board of the National Bank of Ukraine dated September 16, 2014. The Executive Directorate of the Deposit Guarantee Fund appointed a temporary administration at Aktabank PJSC on September 17. On September 23, the Deposit Guarantee Fund announced it was seeking investors to withdraw Aktabank from the market.
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