Ukraine suspends chairman of Sens Bank supervisory board for six months
The Ukrainian government has suspended the chairman of the supervisory board of state-owned Sens Bank, Mykola Gladyshenko, for six months after he was named in an investigation by the country's anti-corruption authorities into a criminal money laundering scheme.
In Ukraine, the chairman of the supervisory board of Sens Bank was suspended for six months.
On August 19, the Ukrainian government decided to suspend the chairman of the supervisory board of the state-owned bank Sens Bank, Mykola Gladyshenko, from performing his duties for a period of six months.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, this decision was made on the basis of public information published by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NAB) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPPO).
The ministry noted that Gladyshenko's temporary suspension is aimed at eliminating risks that could threaten the effective and proper functioning of the bank's supervisory board. In particular, risks associated with the possible use of the bank for money laundering were noted.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine also put forward the initiative to dismiss the chairman of the board of Sens Bank, Oleksiy Stupak.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky stressed that the information disclosed by the anti-corruption authorities should receive an appropriate legal and political assessment. According to him, “The facts disclosed by the anti-corruption authorities require an appropriate assessment and cannot remain unanswered. Trust is a fundamental condition for the functioning of a state financial institution.”
The Prime Minister said that the government expects appropriate personnel decisions to be made in relation to other Sens Bank officials named in the investigation materials.
On August 19, it became known that the Anti-Corruption Commission had searched the office of the Supervisory Board of Sens Bank, including premises associated with Mykola Gladyshenko.
On the same day, the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Anti-Corruption Commission announced that a money laundering scheme had been uncovered to pay bail for former Minister of Energy and Justice German Galushchenko as part of a special operation called “Forrest Gump.”
According to the investigation, we are talking about 150 million hryvnia in cash. These funds were transferred into legal circulation through the accounts of several fake companies and then paid as bail.
According to the KQMB, the participants in the criminal scheme included the deputy head of the Ukrainian President's Office, a former people's deputy, the chairman of the board and the head of the supervisory board of the state bank, and other individuals.
Media reports name Irina Mudraya as the deputy head of the presidential office, and Maksim Mikitas as the former deputy. However, the information about these individuals is not the final conclusion of the investigative bodies, and their guilt has not been confirmed by a court decision.