Secret verdict and $1.5 billion special confiscation: what’s hidden in the “Kurchenko case”

Deal with the prosecutor, approved by the court:

Former Director of LLC "GazUkraine-2020" Arkady Kashkin - 5 years probation. This verdict from 28.03.2017 was classified. On 10.01.2018, Al Jazeera published the text of this verdict. The verdict describes Arkady Kashkin’s participation as the director of a fictitious enterprise in the legalization of funds obtained by Yanukovych’s criminal organization through the commission of the following crimes listed in the table below.

Kashkin - partial voluntary compensation of damages amounting to 32 thousand UAH.

Special confiscation of $1.5 billion applied.

Deals with the prosecutor, approved by the court:

- Former Deputy Minister of Economic Development Oleksandr Sukhomlin - punishment unknown, as it’s not in the state register. The deal is known from the words of the chief military prosecutor A.Matios.

- Former Director of LLC "Cherkasy - Gazsnab" Stanislav S. - 5 years probation.

- Former Founder of LLC "Kharkivspetsgazsnab" Yevhen Y. - 5 years probation.

- Former Director of LLC "Modus-Vivendi" Anatoliy M. - 5 years probation.

- Former Director of LLC "Ukrkharkivgazpostachannya-2009" Oleksandr L. - 5 years probation.

- Former Director of LLC "Crimeanbutangaz" Oleksandr B. - 5 years probation.

- Former Director of LLC "Luhanskpropangaz" Artyom L. - 5 years probation.

According to the chief military prosecutor A.Matios, Sukhomlyn paid 22 million UAH back to the state budget.

Partial voluntary compensation of damages caused by criminal actions amounting to 2000 UAH

Partial voluntary compensation of damages caused by criminal actions amounting to 2000 UAH

Deals with the prosecutor, approved by the court:

- Founder and Director of LLC "GazUkraine-2020" Denys N. - 3 years probation.

- Former Director of LLC "GazUkraine-2020" Arkadiy Kashkin - fine of 51 thousand UAH. He didn’t pay, so on 30.10.2015, the court replaced the fine with 240 hours of community service.

Deals with the prosecutor, approved by the court:

- Specialist of the sector for working with borrowers of the security department at PJSC "Real Bank" Olha Sh. - 5 years probation.

- Specialist of the sector for working with borrowers of the security department at "Real Bank" Iryna S. - 5 years probation. Verdict in the state register became unavailable after publication.

An indictment regarding the former First Deputy Chairman of the NBU Borys Prykhodko and the former Chairman of the Board of PJSC "Agrarian Fund" Oleksandr Kiryuk was returned to the prosecutor of the OPG on 30.11.2017. The prosecutor and representative of the "Agrarian Fund" appealed this decision in the Kyiv Court of Appeals.

Prykhodko and Kiryuk are charged with committing a crime in conspiracy with the chairman of the board of JSC "Brokbiznesbank" Oleksandr Dynnyk and chairman of the bank’s Supervisory Board Denys Buhay

Deal with the prosecutor, approved by the court:

Former Deputy Chairman of the Board of NJSC "Naftogaz of Ukraine" Oleksandr Katsuba - 1 year 5 months imprisonment (the term is considered served as the court counted the time spent in pre-trial detention as day for two days).

Voluntary compensation of 100 million UAH.

Deal with the prosecutor, approved by the court:

Deputy General Director of Supplies at PJSC "Odesa Oil Refinery" Dmytro Veremiyev - 5 years probation, fine of 12,750 UAH.

According to the investigation, Veremiiev as part of the criminal organization from October 2013 to March 2014, using PJSC "Odesa Oil Refinery" and LLC "Energy and Gas Ukraine" as a single property complex adapted for processing oil products, evaded payment of mandatory payments (fees) to the state budget through documentary support of fictitious processing of oil products and their re-export beyond Ukraine’s customs territory through LLC "Laguna-Reni" terminal, causing property damage to the state totaling 2,123,041,962.19 UAH, which was not compensated.

Veremiiev - special confiscation applied by transferring all movable and immovable property, land plot, owned by PJSC "Odesa Oil Refinery" and LLC "Energy and Gas Ukraine" for the benefit of the state in the person of the Cabinet of Ministers.

When sentencing Veremiiev, the court considered, among other things, voluntary partial compensation to the state of the damage caused (amount not stated).

Deal with the prosecutor, approved by the court:

Head of the department for the sale of oil products at LLC "GazUkraine-2020" Serhiy K. - 5 years probation and fine of 12,750 UAH.

Accused of participating in crimes committed by Kurchenko’s criminal organization, committed aiding in evading customs payments for a total of 2,123,041,962.19 UAH, aiding in document forgery and abuse of power.

Two employees of LLC "Laguna-Reni" and a mediator-organizer. All made deals with the prosecutor and received 5 years probation and fines up to 5,000 UAH.

They implemented a fictitious documentarily arranged transit or re-export of light oil products through LLC "Laguna-Reni," which wasn’t actually carried out, and oil products were sold in Ukraine without paying mandatory taxes, fees, and charges.

Convicted:

- Former Director of LLC "Laguna-Reni" Oleksandr B.;

- Former dispatcher of LLC "Laguna-Reni" Yuliia B., whose job description included accepting documents, processing information on cargo handling, further processing, drafting reception-transfer acts, issuance documents.

- Individual Ihor Ya., who organized LLC "Laguna-Reni" for scheme implementation. His duties overall included assisting in acquiring enterprises in Reni and Izmail, licensed for oil products transshipment in these ports, selecting ship crews and negotiating contracts, finding river tankers to cover the fake oil products export, selecting suitable people and conducting illegal actions seemingly aimed at exporting oil products.

During pre-trial investigation, damages to the state amounting to 808,000 UAH were compensated.

Special confiscation of 97,098.355 tons of oil products, or funds received from their sale, including those on the accounts of SE "Ukrtransnaftoprodukt," was applied by the court. According to the OPG, the value of these oil products is 800 million UAH. However, experts and activists reported that only a small portion of this amount will end up in the state budget at best. As the publication enkorr reported, the actual special confiscation concerns 2.5 thousand tons of oil products left unsold, and 102 million UAH frozen in the liquidated bank "Fortuna," with which payments are made in order of priority by the Deposit Guarantee Fund.

Andriy Koshel, founder of LLC "EUFEC."

A deal on guilt was concluded with the prosecutor of the OPG, but it’s not in the state register. The deal was approved by the Dnipro District Court of Kyiv.

Koshel is charged under Part 1, Article 255 (creation of a criminal organization), Part 4, Article 28, Part 5, Article 191 of the Criminal Code (misappropriation of property). He was threatened with 7 to 12 years with confiscation.