Уголовное дело на 5 миллиардов из-за "неправильного кодирования": украинская банковская работница Алена Дегрик-Шевцова и ее сообщники отправляются в суд

Уголовное дело на 5 миллиардов из-за "неправильного кодирования": украинская банковская работница Алена Дегрик-Шевцова и ее сообщники отправляются в суд

The pre-trial investigation into Ibox Bank co-owner Alyona Shevtsova and her accomplices has been finalized.

The suspects and their legal representatives are now required to review the case materials, after which the case will proceed to court.

This was officially announced by the Bureau of Economic Security, which has also issued a public notice about the wanted individuals on its website.

Besides Shevtsova, Iryna Tsyhanok and Zoya Nesterovska are summoned to the Territorial Department of the BES in the Lviv region to receive notifications about the completion of the special pre-trial investigation and to familiarize themselves with the case materials.

Earlier, the investigation established that the suspects organized a money laundering scheme using "miscoding," which enabled the laundering of approximately 5 billion UAH for illegal online casinos.

"During the pre-trial investigation, BES detectives reported suspicions to the bank’s high-ranking officials. The investigation materials regarding the organizer of the scheme and her two accomplices were separated into a separate criminal proceeding under two articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Article 203-2 ’Illegal activity related to organizing or conducting gambling, lotteries’ and Article 209 ’Legalization (laundering) of proceeds of crime’," stated the Bureau of Economic Security. 

Subsequently, the Lychakiv District Court in Lviv issued a ruling and allowed a special pre-trial investigation, which permits the continuation of procedural actions if the suspects are evading the investigation. Such a procedure is not often applied. According to statistics from the Prosecutor General’s Office, only 435 special investigations were initiated in January-February, while in general, the SSU, National Police, State Bureau of Investigation, and BES investigated over 1.5 million criminal cases during this period. Among the well-known figures in special pre-trial investigations are Medvedchuk, Derkach, Hranovskyi, Shevtsova, and other suspects of corruption, state treason, and representatives of the aggressor country’s authorities.