The head of the board of Ukreximbank, Yevgeny Metzger, was handed a new suspicion in the attack on the journalists of the Scheme program.

Metzger is suspected of restricting the movement of journalists, said the speaker of the Kiev prosecutor's office Nadezhda Maksimets.

According to her statement, the prosecutor's office will ask the court to send Metzger under 24-hour house arrest..

Today Metzger has already been handed one suspicion - for h. 2 st. 146 UKU.

" After processing the restored video, the investigation sees signs of such a criminal offense in the actions of the bank's management, "

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Earlier it was reported that the suspended head of Ukreximbank, Yevgeny Metzger, was handed a suspicion over the attack on Schem journalists.

Now law enforcement officers are studying the issue of participation in the crime of other persons recorded on the video. Based on the results of the audit, their actions will be given an appropriate legal qualification..

The film crew of " The head of the board of the state institution, Yevgeny Metzger, did not like the question of journalist Kirill Ovsyany, so he ordered his subordinates to take away the cameras and erase the recorded information..

Following the order, the bank officers knocked down and tied the operator of " The bank's security erased the information, but technicians managed to restore it. Thanks to the recovered video, it was possible to identify several of Metzger's subordinates who participated in the attack..

On the fact of the attack, the National Police opened criminal proceedings under Article 117 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - " The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of a fine, restriction or imprisonment for up to five years.

The bank claimed that the journalists allegedly tried to get hold of information with limited access and threatened to contact law enforcement agencies. Then the supervisory board of Ukreximbank began an internal audit - Metzger was dismissed, and a member of the board Sergei Ermakov became the acting head of the state institution..