Government terminates mandate of Sense Bank Supervisory Board Chair Hladyshenko
The Cabinet of Ministers terminated the mandate of Mykola Hladyshenko, chair of the Supervisory Board of Sense Bank, amid NABU’s Forest Gump and Themis special operations.
This was reported by Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi, Censor.NET informs.
Government decision
At the same time, following a proposal from the Ministry of Finance, the government appointed a new state representative to the Supervisory Board of Sense Bank. The decision is intended to expedite the establishment of a quorum in the bank’s governing bodies.
"The Ministry of Finance, together with the National Bank, must urgently ensure proper corporate governance at Sense Bank and its thorough preparation for sale," Koretskyi added.
As a reminder, the government previously instructed the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine to step up the sale of the state-owned Sense Bank following the NABU special operation. The proceeds will be allocated to the needs of Ukraine’s Defence Forces.
Operation "Forrest Gump"
- It was previously reported that NABU and SAPO were conducting a special operation aimed at exposing a criminal group involving MPs and senior Presidential Office officials.
- According to media reports, NABU and SAPO were conducting searches involving Deputy Head of the Office of the President Iryna Mudra as part of the announced operation.
- NABU detectives also conducted searches involving Hladyshchenko, chair of the Sense Bank supervisory board.
- Vadym Stolar, an MP from the court-banned Opposition Platform – For Life party, confirmed that NABU and SAPO were searching his property as part of Operation "Forrest Gump."
- NABU later said the case involved UAH 150 million in cash, which, according to the investigation, was channelled through a series of shell-company accounts and brought into legal circulation to post bail for one of the defendants in the Midas case.
- Former deputy head of the Presidential Office Iryna Mudra later confirmed that searches had been conducted at her home on August 19, that she had been served with a notice of suspicion and a motion seeking a preventive measure, but that she had not been detained. She is preparing for a court hearing.
- On 20 August, NABU released new recordings of conversations involving figures in the Forest Gump case—the second part of the investigation, titled Themis. The case concerns a scheme to seize real estate and other assets through unauthorised interference with the Ministry of Justice’s information (automated) networks.
- On 20 August, a prosecutor from the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) named all the individuals mentioned in connection with NABU’s Forest Gump and Themis operations.
