The ESBU initiates a special investigation into the case of the owner of Ibox bank on the “laundering” of about UAH 5 billion
The Bureau of Economic Security under the leadership of the Prosecutor General’s Office appealed to the court to conduct a special pre-trial investigation in the case of the owner of Ibox bank. It is about the “laundering” of about 5 billion UAH for illegal casinos, informs BEB press office.
“During the investigation, detectives established that the suspects, including the bank’s shareholders, organized a scheme to legalize funds using “miscoding”. For its implementation, more than 20 controlled companies were created, which opened accounts in Ibox bank. Later, illegal online casino players credited money to the details of the mentioned companies to replenish their gaming accounts. At the same time, in the purpose of payment, they indicated payment for non-existent goods and services”, – the message says.
Based on the collected evidence, BEB detectives reported the suspicion to high-ranking officials of the bank, in particular its co-owner, who was declared wanted. She is currently hiding abroad. The materials of the criminal proceedings against the shareholder of Ibox Bank and two of her accomplices were separated into separate proceedings under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Art. 203-2 “Illegal activity of organizing or conducting gambling games, lotteries” and Art. 209 “Legalization (laundering) of property obtained through criminal means.”
Taking into account the hiding of the suspects abroad, the detectives, guided by the provisions of Article 297-1 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine “General Provisions of Special Pretrial Investigation”, appealed to the Lychakiv District Court of the city of Lviv with a corresponding petition.
A special pre-trial investigation is conducted on the basis of the decision of the investigating judge in criminal proceedings regarding a number of crimes against a suspect, with the exception of minors, who is hiding from the investigative authorities and the court in order to avoid criminal liability and/or is declared an international wanted person.
