The National Anti-Corruption Bureau calls for interrogation of the former head of the National Bank, ex-chairman of the board of the state-owned Ukrgasbank Kyrylo Shevchenko in the case of embezzlement of funds of JSB " The relevant agenda was published on the NABU website.

“The summons to summon Kirill Shevchenko, you need to arrive on March 16, 2023 at 10:00 at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine at the address:. Kyiv, st. Vasily Surikov, 3, for interrogation as a suspect in criminal proceedings No. 52019000000000143 dated 20. 02. 2019,” the document says..

Recall that the former chairman of the national bank, Kirill Shevchenko, suspected of embezzling funds from Ukrgasbank, left Ukraine and, possibly, has been abroad since the time when he headed the NBU.

At the end of October 2022, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau put on the wanted list three officials of JSB "

According to investigators, he, being first deputy and then chairman of the board of Ukrgasbank, having information about banking service agreements concluded with large customers, used it to steal money.

To this end, bank officials ensured the conclusion of fictitious contracts with individuals and legal entities, who allegedly attracted large clients to the bank as " For such “agency services”, the bank illegally paid “remuneration” to these persons on a monthly basis.

The investigation found that during 2014-2019, under this scheme, 52 fictitious agents were groundlessly transferred funds from the state bank in the amount of more than 206 million. UAH. Pseudo-intermediaries turned out to be individuals-entrepreneurs, self-employed and legal entities.. Most of them were registered exclusively for participation in this scheme: after receiving funds, these entities ceased their activities and did not carry out other activities, except for those indicated in fictitious acts of service provision.