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An investigation is under way to establish all participants in the criminal "scheme" for plundering the state bank's funds.
A court in Kyiv on Tuesday ruled to arrest three former top managers of Ukraine's state-run Ukrgasbank who are suspected of embezzling UAH 39 million (US$1.4 million).
Earlier, the ex-deputy chairman of the bank's board was remanded in custody as a preventive measure but the judge also granted him UAH 960,500 ($35,325) bail. Ukrgasbank's former head was put under house arrest, according to the National Police's website.
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On Tuesday, February 19, the court ruled to arrest a former member of the bank's supervisory board. He was taken into custody directly in the courtroom. The court set a UAH 90 million ($3.3 million) bail.
As UNIAN reported earlier, on February 11, the said top managers of Ukrgasbank were charged with committing a crime under Part 3 and Part 5 of Article 27 and Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
An investigation is under way to establish all participants in the criminal "scheme" for plundering the state bank's funds.