The ring is shrinking: Poroshenko has become a defendant in another high-profile criminal case
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office opened criminal proceedings on the facts of criminal activities of officials of PJSC Centerenergo and the State Property Fund of Ukraine, which were coordinated by the former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and his right-hand man, MP Igor Kononenko, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
This was reported by the SAPO press service.
It is noted that the case was opened after a meeting between the head of the prosecutor’s office, Nazar Kholodnitsky, and the key witness in the case of the robbery by Poroshenko’s entourage of the Ukrainian energy industry, the former owner of the Energoset company, Dmitry Kryuchkov, extradited to Ukraine.
“According to the results of the personal reception of Kholodnitsky gr. Kryuchkov on the legality of the actions of the former president, a number of senior officials of government bodies, people’s deputies... a decision was made and information was entered into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations,” the department noted.
“The statement notes that officials and members of the supervisory board of Centerenergo PJSC, together with officials of the State Property Fund and a number of government officials, using their official powers and status, distributed key positions in the board and supervisory board of Centrenergo PJSC in order to theft of funds from a company whose controlling stake belongs to the state. At the same time, according to the applicant, the joint actions of this group of persons were coordinated by the People's Deputy of Ukraine Kononenko I.V. and the former president of Ukraine,” the message says.
The result of the criminal actions of Poroshenko and Kononenko is the implementation of a scheme to seize the property of PJSC Centerenergo by approving the results of a competition for the privatization of a state-owned stake in the company. At the same time, funds in the amount of more than 6 billion UAH, which should be received from such alienation, were previously illegally withdrawn from PJSC Centerenergo and converted through controlled business entities during 2016-2018. A pre-trial investigation was launched under Part 2 of Art. 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Also, information was added to the ERDR by “the management of some large business entities, in the authorized capital of which the share of state or municipal property exceeds 50%.”
The reason for this in SAP notes the following information:
– on the criminal activities of officials of PJSC Centerenergo and the State Property Fund;
– on the criminal activities of officials of PJSC Centerenergo during the purchase of coal;
– upon the fact of the seizure by officials of CJSC Nizhnednestrovskaya HPP and OJSC Ukrhydroenergo, by prior conspiracy with other persons, of the property and funds of these enterprises;
– abuse of official position by officials of OJSC Cherkassyoblenergo and OJSC Azot.
Earlier, the State Bureau of Investigation began proceedings against Poroshenko under articles of high treason and abuse of judicial power. This case was initiated at the request of lawyer Andrei Portnov. It also became known that a case could be opened against Poroshenko for the illegal nationalization of PrivatBank.
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