The state received over UAH 23 million from the accounts of Russian companies
5 April 2024 14:08
Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation have transferred over UAH 23 million from the accounts of companies whose ultimate owners are Russians to the National Agency for Asset Recovery and Management by court order. This was reported by the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation, Komersant ukrainskyi
reports.
According to the agency, earlier the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv arrested funds in the bank accounts of companies that traded in chemical products, including paints and varnishes, in Ukraine. The income received from the activities of these companies was transferred to Russia.
“Criminal proceedings were opened under the article on financing actions committed with the aim of violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or seizure of state power, change of the boundaries of the territory or state border of Ukraine (Article 110-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine),”
– the statement said.
The National Agency of Ukraine for Finding and Management of Assets Derived from Corruption and Other Crimes (ARMA) in 2023 found a total of UAH 200 billion in assets.
The net increase in monetary assets under ARMA’s management in 2023 was UAH 3.5 billion. The agency received 68,500 assets under its management, of which 1,064 had purely Russian capital.
In 2024, the agency plans to launch the sale of seized assets through the Prozorro. Sales, introduce the profession of “digital detective” and expand the functionality of the seized assets register.