The Prosecutor General's Office completed the pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings on suspicion of ex-deputy head of the National Bank Alexei Tkachenko and director of the NBU's General Department Roman Yakovlev to participate in the criminal organization set up by ex-president Viktor Yanukovich and businessman Sergey Kurchenko, as well as in seizing state funds on an especially large scale.

As reported in the Prosecutor General's Office, ex-officials of the NBU are charged with h. 1 st. 255 (creation of a criminal organization), h. 4 items. 28, hours. 5 items. 191 (misappropriation, embezzlement of property or occupation by abuse of official position) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The indictment in criminal proceedings was sent to the court.

"The noted persons are accused of ensuring the adoption by the National Bank of Ukraine in 2013 of an unlawful decision to issue a stabilization loan to a controlled criminal organization, which is subsequently returned to the accomplices of the crime by withdrawing funds abroad and cashing them.

As a result of the crime, the state suffered losses amounting to UAH 787 million, "the message says..

It is about the misappropriation of funds of the NBU in the amount of 787 million 396 thousand. 148 UAH, provided by PJSC "Real Bank" in the form of a stabilization loan.

The defendants were subjected to a preventive measure in the form of holding in custody, but they used the statutory possibility of release from custody by making a pledge of UAH 3 million and UAH 1.5 million, respectively. All arrested property is seized.