The National Anti-Corruption Bureau, together with the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, submitted an indictment to the court against Oleksandr Glimbovsky, the father-in-law of the former head of the Federal Security Service, Roman Nasirov, and his advisor, Oleksandr Kostenko. About this informs Transparency International Ukraine.
According to the investigation, Oleksandr Glimbovskyi and Oleksandr Kostenko are involved in the legalization of a part of the record bribe of more than 722 million UAH, which Roman Nasirov received in 2015-2016 for assisting in the reimbursement of VAT in the amount of more than 3.2 billion UAH to the agricultural companies of businessman Oleg Bakhmatyuk. Regarding this episode, a separate criminal proceeding is ongoing in the High Anti-Corruption Court.
According to the investigation, Glimbovskyi, who is the owner of construction companies, contributed to his son-in-law’s illegal gain and participated in the legalization of these funds. In particular, 13 million euros were invested in elite real estate in the center of Kyiv under the guise of financial transactions between offshore structures from Switzerland. According to the investigators, the purchase of real estate took place under the cover of transactions for the purchase of shares of another company and had a hidden nature.
Oleksandr Kostenko, according to the investigation, legalized another 7.9 million euros through agency contracts and sales agreements. Glimbovsky was indicted for ch. 4 Art. 368 and ch. 3 Art. 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, Kostenko — according to ch. 3 Art. 209 of the CCU.
Recently, the High Anti-Corruption Court lifted the seizure of 76 apartments owned by the closed non-diversified venture corporate investment fund “Amtel”. Previously, the beneficiary of this fund was Oleksandr Glimbovskyi, the founder of the Altis group of companies.
