Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine detained in Sumy region one of the key defendants in the case of embezzlement of the National Bank of Ukraine under the "leadership" of Sergei Kurchenko.
As reported by the press service of the Security Service, during the investigation it was established that the attacker, acting on the instructions of Kurchenko, acquired a shell company.
"Through a number of financial equipment throughout 2012-2013 with the help of this commercial structure, the group headed by Kurchenko took possession of almost eighty million hryvnia of the National Bank of Ukraine," the statement said..
It is noted that, in the performance of the Prosecutor General's Office, operatives of the special services established that the businessman is hiding from the investigation in one of the country houses on the territory of the Okhtyrsky district of the Sumy region, and detained him.
The malefactor was informed of suspicion and sent to Kiev for the election of a court of preventive measures.