On Saturday, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said that the Ukraine security officials named powerful businessman Ihor Kolomoisky as a suspect in a fraud and money laundering case.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine has produced a breakdown of corruption importance as Kyiv fights Russia’s 2022 attack, and Kolomoisky, one of the richest men in Ukraine, is the most well-known personality to have become a target.
Zelenskyy, who grew to reputation as a comedian and played the part of the president on a play aired on a Kolomoisky-owned TV channel, has declined to have personal links to the businessman.
The SBU said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app that it was shown that during the 2013-2020 term, Ihor Kolomoisky legalized more than half a billion hryvnias ($14 million) by withdrawing them out of Ukraine and utilizing the infrastructure of the controlled banks.
However, Kolomoisky could not be reached for comment.
The security service publicized photos of a group of detectives at the entrance of his house, with Kolomoisky accepting and signing documents.
Kolomoisky is an ex-owner of the leading Ukrainian bank PrivatBank, which was nationalized in late 2016 as part of a significant clean-up of the Ukrainian banking system.
At the beginning of this year, Ukrainian security officials probed the home of Kolomoisky in link with a separate probe into embezzlement and tax evasion at the nation’s two biggest oil companies that were partially owned by the businessman.
Kolomoisky held a series of assets in the energy, banking, and other sector, including one of Kyiv’s most significant TV channels.
Due to Kolomoisky’s involvement in significant corruption, the United States sanctioned him in 2021. While Kolomoiskiy has declined any misconduct.
