Businessman wants to bail one million euros
Hearing on the extradition case of the honorary president of Vorskla Konstantin Zhevago postponed for two weeks.
Zhevago told the court in Chambert that the case against him was political persecution. The ex-people’s deputy’s lawyers asked for more time to prepare for the hearing.
It is also noted that Zhevago offered the court to release him on bail of 1 million euros. Representatives of the businessman argue that Zhevago needs to be at large in order to control his business assets.
In December, Zhevago was detained in the ski resort of Courchevel in the French Alps. He is suspected of embezzling the property of the Finance and Credit Bank, in which Zhevago was listed as a beneficiary, in the amount of 2.5 billion hryvnias. In December 2015, a decision was made to revoke the banking license and liquidate Finance and Credit.
The former People’s Deputy of Ukraine was sent under extradition arrest. Zhevago recently resigned as director and stepped down from the board of directors of Ferrexpo, which is a sponsor of the football club.
Also, the Deposit Guarantee Fund filed a lawsuit with the Economic Court of Kyiv against the former people’s deputy. He is required to compensate for the losses of the Finance and Credit Bank and its creditors in the amount of almost 46 billion hryvnias.
Since July last year, Zhevago has been on the international wanted list. The businessman also actively spoke out against the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. In the updated ranking of the richest people in Ukraine from Forbes, the president of Vorskla took fifth place.
The Poltava club is in the 9th place in the UPL standings. The head coach of Vorskla this season is Viktor Skripnik.
Source: Sportarena
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