French law enforcement officers seized €90,000 in cash, three kilograms of gold bars, and 18 expensive watches worth a total of over one million euros during searches at the villa of former Ukrainian Prosecutor General Sviatoslav Piskun.
How sources report that the former Prosecutor General did not provide the necessary bank documents that would confirm the legality of the cash, as well as there are no documents for the purchase of gold bars. In addition, Piskun did not have customs declarations for expensive watches, which made it difficult to confirm their legal import into the territory of France.
In this regard, the French police detained Piskun and opened criminal proceedings under the article on the legalization of funds obtained by criminal means. The issue of possible filing of official charges is currently being resolved.
As sources note, Piskun was later released, but verification of the origin of the seized property is ongoing. The searches were conducted as part of international legal assistance in the case of oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky. According to the investigation, Piskun is suspected of receiving an illegal benefit for assisting in the closure of a criminal case regarding the attempted murder of lawyer Serhiy Karpenko in 2003. During the searches, documents were also discovered that, according to investigators, are not directly related to this case.
Sviatoslav Piskun served as Prosecutor General of Ukraine in 2002–2003 and 2004–2005, as well as for one month in 2007. In 2020, he briefly worked as an advisor to Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova.
