The seizure of Ukrgazvydobuvannya's assets (the decision was made by the Pechersky District Court in Kyiv on May 31) was the logical outcome of a chain of illegal actions committed by the company's former management between 2010 and 2014. An investigation by the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) revealed that officials responsible for concluding gas supply contracts sold gas at reduced prices to companies, some of which are highly likely to be considered fictitious.
The corruption scheme involved not only selling energy to these shell companies but also selling the gas to actual consumers at market prices on their behalf, with the fraudsters pocketing the difference. All transactions were conducted through the "pocket bank" of Investments and Savings, owned by the Continuum business group. It was in this bank's accounts that the sums that resulted in losses to the state totaling over 100 million hryvnias were deposited.
The exact amount embezzled has not yet been disclosed. It is only known that approximately 40 companies were involved in the scheme, including Karpatnadrainvest, Favorit System, NPF Tekhproekt PKF Dion, Nadra Geocenter, Cepheus, Natural Resources Plus, Kuwait Energy Ukraine, Karpatygaz, and KHAS. Serhiy Kostyuk, who headed Ukrgazvydobuvannya until 2015, was very close to the Continuum Group ( Stepan Ivakhiv and the late Ihor Yeremeyev), with whom Ihor Kononenko, a member of parliament from the BPP, also had close ties. (For more information, see: Ihor Kononenko: The President's Army Friend .)
It is noted that prior to the management's removal, the Volya Naroda parliamentary group controlled Ukrgazvydobuvannya. In fact, 100% of the company's shares are owned by the Naftogaz Ukrainy concern. The Continuum Group unites many large, well-known companies, including the WOG gas station chain, the Kherson Oil Refinery, the Cheese Club, the Western Dairy Group, and other entities.
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