The SBU and BEB exposed the business partner of Igor Kolomoisky, Mykhailo Kiperman, for embezzling almost UAH 600 million from Ukrtatnafta.
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This happened on the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – February 24, 2022.
The SBU said that the former top management of Ukrtatnafta created a “clone agreement”, in which he changed the details of the payee to a controlled company, instead of paying off the real oil supplier.
PJSC Ukrtatnafta transferred almost UAH 600 million to a controlled European company, which was provided to another supplier to pay for the previously chartered 84 thousand tons of crude oil.
At the time of the fraud, this raw material was already in the Odessa port and had to be delivered for further processing to the Kremenchug refinery.
Kiperman was charged with three articles of the Criminal Code:
- Part 5 Art. 191 (appropriation, embezzlement or possession of property by abuse of official position);
- Part 3 Art. 28, part 1, art. 200 (illegal actions with transfer documents, payment cards and other means of access to bank accounts, electronic money, equipment for their production);
- Part 3 Art. 28, part 1, art. 366 (official forgery).
Kiperman fled abroad. They plan to put him on the international wanted list.
Source: Racurs
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