Austrian prosecutors took over Meinl Bank, through which Ukrainian banks are “laundered” 12 billion UAH
The Prosecutor’s office in Vienna is investigating the involvement of Austrian Meinl Bank for laundering large sums of money from Ukrainian banks.
According to der Standard, the Agency suspects the withdrawal of billions of current and former head of the Bank.
So, it is noted that a year ago, “the anti-corruption action Center” sent to the Austrian law enforcement authorities a statement about the participation of Meinl Bank in offshore schemes of withdrawal of money from a number of Ukrainian banks in 2014-2015 and bringing them to bankruptcy, in particular, refers to at least 12 billion hryvnia.
According to the “Center of counteraction of corruption”, the Ukrainian Bank, after obtaining the permission of the national Bank opened a correspondent account with a foreign Bank, where he placed a substantial amount of funds. Thereafter, the foreign Bank has provided a loan to a foreign company related to the management or owner of a Ukrainian Bank to Finance work in Ukraine under the guarantee of a Ukrainian Bank.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Bank, contrary to the Ukrainian laws and the NBU did not take into account the transfer of funds to the correspondent account abroad.
When the Ukrainian Bank began financial problems and the threat of introduction of temporary administration, a foreign Bank wrote off funds from correspondent accounts as security for the performance of the credit agreement.
Thus the money taken out of Bank “Tavrika”, “Kievan Rus”, “PIVDENCOMBANK”, “City commercial Bank”, “Avtokrazbank”, “Energobank”, “Vibia Bank”, and probably “Delta Bank”.
We will remind that earlier the Prosecutor’s office of Kiev brought criminal case upon mastering the employees of “Delta Bank” money for the sum over 4,5 billion hryvnias.
It is established that in 2013-2015 the Bank employees financial institutions have possession of the money by making bogus credit operations. For these transactions was involved account for more than 60 thousand customers.
Recall, the first ex-Deputy of the Board of Directors of “Delta Bank” Vitaly Masyura is suspected of embezzling from the Bank more than $ 50 million (UAH 1.2 billion).
The message has not been delivered directly to Mature, since he himself, according to investigators, 22 Jan 2015 left Ukraine and is now in London.
As reported, the national Bank of Ukraine October 2, 2015, on the proposal of the Fund adopted a decision on revocation of the banking license and liquidation of “Delta Bank”.