The investigation looked into Poroshenko’s secret vacation in the Maldives using someone else’s passport
The State Bureau of Investigation, at the request of lawyer Andrei Portnov, is investigating the organization of the illegal transportation of fifth President Petro Poroshenko and members of his family across the state border of Ukraine using forged documents, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The press service of the State Bureau of Investigation reported this.
The department’s press service clarified that the case concerns Poroshenko’s scandalous vacation in the Maldives.
In particular, SBI investigators will check information about the illegal transfer of Poroshenko across the state border using forged documents.
“The possible entry of deliberately false information into official documents by officials of state customs and border authorities will be clarified in order to ensure border crossing,” the message says.
A pre-trial investigation was launched on the grounds of criminal offenses under Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code (forgery), Part 1 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code (illegal transportation of persons across the state border of Ukraine), Part 4 of Article 358 of the Criminal Code (use of a deliberately forged document) .
On August 5, the deputy head of the presidential administration of Viktor Yanukovych, Andrei Portnov, reported in his Telegram channel that the SBI opened proceedings against Poroshenko because of his statement. “In order to identify new offshore companies, property, assets and accounts of Poroshenko and his entourage, yesterday we announced a new criminal initiative for organizing illegal border crossings and travel of persons close to Poroshenko in 2018 using someone else’s passports to the Maldives archipelago. Today, the State Bureau of Investigation found the facts we presented sufficient and registered criminal proceedings under three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine at once,” Portnov wrote.
According to him, the facts established in this criminal case are “not only self-sufficient for the criminal prosecution of the defendants, but also auxiliary, aimed at identifying their previously unknown assets and uncovering larger-scale facts of theft and looting. We are waiting for active investigative actions, interrogations and court decisions,” Portnov added.
Let us remind you that when he was president, Petro Poroshenko secretly vacationed in the Maldives at the beginning of 2018. At a press conference in February 2018, the president assured that, contrary to information from investigators from the “Schemes” program, he crossed the border during a trip to the Maldives using his own passport and surname, having registered with the border guards, and would declare all funds spent on the plane and hotel within three weeks.
According to journalists, Poroshenko spent at least $500 thousand on a secret vacation.
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