At request of Ukrainian prosecutors, Zhevaho’s property worth $40 million was seized in France, - Kovalskyi
In Paris, at the request of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, a $40 million mansion belonging to businessman Konstiantyn Zhevaho has been seized. The property was seized as part of an investigation into the embezzlement of $113 million from the ‘Finance and Credit’ bank.
This was announced by Acting Prosecutor General Anton Kovalskyi, according to Censor.NET.
$40 million is the value of Konstiantyn Zhevaho’s mansion in Paris, which has been seized at the request of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
This is a concrete result of the joint efforts of Ukrainian prosecutors, investigators from the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and French law enforcement agencies.
The seizure was carried out as part of an investigation into the embezzlement of $113 million from the ‘Finance and Credit’ bank.
Kovalskyi thanked his French colleagues for their cooperation and swift action.
"This is yet another important piece of evidence that assets abroad are not beyond the reach of Ukrainian justice. This is precisely what we continue to work on together with our international partners," Kovalksyi emphasised.
The Zhevago's case
- As a reminder, at the end of September 2019, investigators from the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) served a notice of suspicion in absentia on former MP Konstiantyn Zhevaho in connection with the embezzlement of 2.5 billion hryvnias from the "Finance and Credit" bank. In July 2021, Interpol issued an international arrest warrant for Zhevaho. On 28 December 2022, following a request from the Ukrainian authorities, Zhevaho was detained at the French ski resort of Courchevel.
- The businessman’s press office denied the allegations, stating that he had been abroad for medical treatment. However, in the summer of 2022, journalists spotted him on his own yacht in Monaco.
- On 12 February 2025, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted a decision by the National Security and Defence Council imposing indefinite sanctions against the leader of the opposition faction ‘European Solidarity’, Petro Poroshenko, as well as businessmen Ihor Kolomoyskyi, Kostiantyn Zhevaho and Hennadii Boholiubov, and against the former MP and traitor Viktor Medvedchuk.
- Previously, the courts had seized Zhevaho’s stake in "Poltava Mining and Processing Plant" PJSC and the company’s assets.
