The prosecutor noted that the investigation was not completed in the previous two months due to the complexity of the case.
Shevchenkovsky district court of Kyiv extended the detention of the former owner of the Dnieper Igor Kolomoisky until December 2.
The prosecutor noted that the investigation had not been completed in the previous two months due to the complexity of the case. The prosecution believes that there is a risk of escape for the businessman who holds a Cypriot passport. Also, according to the prosecutor’s office, Kolomoisky can influence witnesses who previously worked on his behalf.
Previously, the court rejected the lawyers’ request to place the businessman under house arrest. The Court of Appeal also rejected the request to reduce the bail, upholding the decision to set bail in the amount of 3.891 billion hryvnia.
Earlier, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine (BEB) served Kolomoisky with suspicion under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Art. 190 (fraud) and art. 209 (legalization (laundering) of property obtained by criminal means).
The investigation found that during 2013-2020, Igor Kolomoisky legalized more than half a billion hryvnia. The businessman withdrew money abroad, using the infrastructure of controlled banking institutions. The Office of the President clarifies that we are talking about an amount of over 570 million hryvnia. The court initially arrested Kolomoisky until October 31 inclusive with the possibility of posting bail in the amount of more than 509 million hryvnia, later the amount increased to 3.891 billion hryvnia.
Let us remind you that in February a search was carried out in the house of Igor Kolomoisky. It was reported that the searches were related to the investigation into the fraud of Ukrtatnafta and Ukrnafta, namely in the case of embezzlement of oil products worth 40 billion hryvnia and evasion of customs duties in large amounts.
Let us remember that Igor Kolomoisky was closely associated with Ukrainian football and basketball for many years. For a long time he was the owner of the football club Dnepr, which was deprived of its professional status in 2018 due to multimillion-dollar debts.
Source: Sportarena
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