State Bureau of Investigation suspects Russian oligarch of trying to deceive control over LAZ property

Law enforcers reported suspicions to Russian oligarch Igor Churkin and his accomplice, who tried to deceive the property of the Lviv Bus Plant in Lviv, the State Bureau of Investigation reports..

“A large Ukrainian enterprise LLC Lviv Bus Plants took a significant loan from a state bank secured by its property. Its owner, a citizen of the Russian Federation Igor Churkin, spent the money at his own discretion and refused to return the bank's loan funds. At the same time, he did not want to lose the property of the enterprise, which was pledged,” the DBR said..

According to investigators, a Russian businessman has developed a scheme to block an auction for the sale of collateral by a Ukrainian bank..

“The head of the enterprise, controlled by the oligarch, filed a deliberately false statement with the police about the commission of a criminal offense by representatives of the bank. He accused officials of the institution of a fictitious, especially grave criminal offense. Such a statement served as the basis for the registration of criminal proceedings and the seizure of collateral,” the department added..

Russian oligarch Igor Churkin and his accomplice were notified of suspicion under Article 383 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (knowingly false report of a criminal offense). Now they face up to five years in prison..

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Recall that during the time of President Viktor Yanukovych, in connection with the holding of Euro 2012, the Lviv authorities actively purchased buses from the Lviv Bus Plant, owned by Russian oligarch Igor Churkin.