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Profit of PJSC Ukrgazdobyvannia for less than six months after the termination of a revealed "gas scheme" reached UAH 162.332 million, which is five times more than the company saw over almost three years of joint operations with state-owned entities, controlled by MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko, the press service of Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) reported.
The Office noted that funds started actively flowing to the state enterprise’s accounts once the court ruling was handed down on the termination of such transactions between Ukrgazvydobuvannia and Onyshchenko-controlled companies, namely Nadra Geocenter Ltd, HAS Firm, and Pryrodni Resursy + Ltd. Almost three years of cooperation with these structures brought Ukrgazvydobuvannia just UAH 25.158 million of profit, according to the report.
As UNIAN reported earlier, newly created anti-graft agencies in Ukraine, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, announced in June 2016 that they had exposed a criminal gang, which had caused damage to the state to the tune of over UAH 3 billion. The criminals concluded bogus deals with gas producer PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia. The scam was allegedly initiated by MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko, Ukraine's anti-graft watchdog reports.
On July 5, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada gave the nod for Onyshchenko's arrest, but he had already fled the country using his parliamentary immunity. He is currently staying in London.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has signed a document to serve Onyshchenko with charges and the NABU has already summoned him twice, but he has failed to appear.
On August 5, NABU agents said they were preparing documents to forcedly bring Onyshchenko to court and after a court ruling he could be put on Ukrainian and international wanted lists.
On August 9, Kyiv's Solomiansky district court ruled on Onyshchenko's pre-trial detention.