The Anti-Corruption Center named the names of the suspects — former officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine involved in the case of embezzlement of over UAH 37 million in foreign donations. Babel reports this, according to the PromPolitInform portal.
According to the Anti-Corruption Center, suspicion was placed on former State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Oleksandr Bankov (he is considered the organizer of the scheme), former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff and current advisor to the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN Office in Geneva Ramiz Ramazanov, and the head of the controlled public organization “Center for Promotion of International Cooperation” Vladislav Reznikov.
The accountant of this organization was also suspected.
According to the investigation, the then State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs persuaded donors and employees of diplomatic missions to transfer funds from financial assistance to Ukraine to the bank account of a controlled public organization.
Then these funds were withdrawn to the accounts of individual entrepreneurs (including shell companies). After that, the funds were converted into cash through conversion centers and spent on their own needs.
The defendants are suspected of fraud, laundering and misappropriation of funds obtained through criminal means.
