Kurchenko inflicted damage to the state worth over than $1 bln / metalist.ua
Pechersk District Court of Kyiv has arrested 14 accounts of offshore companies affiliated with fugitive Ukrainian businessman Serhiy Kurchenko in two Latvian banks: ABLV Bank and Regionala Investiciju Banka, in a so-called LPG case, according to a court’s ruling of October 12, published in a unified state register, LigaBusinessInform reports.
According to the investigation by the General Prosecutor's Office, Kurchenko redeemed liquefied natural gas at specialized auctions at bargain prices through the companies Ukrharkovrgazpostachannya 2009, Luhanskpropangaz, Kharkiv-SPBT, GazUkraina-2009, GazUkraina-2020, Ltd; Zaporizhgaz-2000, Cherkasy-Gazpostach and other structures [for the needs of the population] and sold it on the market at market value.
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Pechersk court arrested the accounts of offshore companies on the basis of the Convention of the Council of Europe of 2005 on laundering and confiscation of proceeds from crime and on the financing of terrorism, as well as in accordance with the agreement with Latvia on legal assistance and legal relations.
The court ruling does not specify the amount of funds held in these accounts. Pechersk court also granted the Prosecutor General's Office permission to seize from the Latvian banks all documents related to the movement of funds in the accounts after requesting assistance in the investigation of the law enforcement agencies of Latvia.