As part of an investigation into the embezzlement of UAH 5.804 billion from Ukrtatnafta, law enforcement officers conducted large-scale searches and served notices of suspicion on the company’s former chairman, Pavlo Ovcharenko, and eight other suspects. This became known to Ekonomichna Pravda from sources in law enforcement agencies.
According to the newspaper, Ovcharenko is suspected of creating an organised group that seized Ukrtatnafta’s oil products worth UAH 5.804 billion, illegally transferring them to Good Oil, Wells House, Streams Capital, New Oil, Ragard, and Agrain Trading.
‘58 searches were conducted, during which financial, economic and accounting documents, seals, stamps, computers, magnetic and electronic data storage devices, SIM cards, mobile phones were seized, confirming the criminal activity of the group,’ said a law enforcement source.
On Thursday, Ovcharenko was notified of the suspicion by mail.
In addition, he was personally notified of the suspicion:
- Oleg Moiseev, the former head of Wells House, who is suspected of causing damage worth UAH 984.545 million.
- Former head of New Oil Andriy Shuba – the damage is estimated at UAH 733.352 million.
- The former head of Ragard, Oleksiy Myroshnychenko, was charged with UAH 237.333 million in damages.
Another five people were served with notices of suspicion by mail at their place of registration: former Ukrtatnafta officials Andriy Pinchuk and Daria Skakalina, Good Oil CEO Oleksandr Tonkoshkur, Agrain Trading CEO Andriy Bartkiv and Streams Capital CEO Oleksandr Turchenko.
Thus, all nine members of the group have been served with a notice of suspicion.
