"Donated" cryptocurrency for drones for Russia: Director of Department of State Bank of Ukraine detained in Kyiv. PHOTOS
The Security Service detained a high-ranking official involved in financing Russia's war against Ukraine in Kyiv. He was the director of the Information Systems Support Department of one of Ukraine's largest banks.
This is reported by the press center of the SSU and the Office of the Prosecutor General, Censor.NET reports.
According to the investigation, the defendant regularly transferred his money to the needs of the Russian occupation groups.
To do this, after the outbreak of a full-scale war, the banker opened an account on one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges.
He transferred the cryptocurrency to a fundraiser organized on pro-Russian Telegram channels for the purchase of drones, equipment, and machinery by Russian armed forces.
Law enforcement is currently establishing the exact amount of his "donations".
SBU officers documented the official's crimes and detained him at his residence in Kyiv.
During the search of the detainee's house, the SBU found a passport of a Russian citizen, Russian rubles, mobile phones, and a computer with evidence of the crimes.
The SBU investigators served the official a notice of suspicion under Part 1 Art. 111-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (aiding the aggressor state).
The offender is in custody without the right to be released on bail. He faces up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
