The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine completed the pre-trial investigation into the case of the former head of the National Bank Serhiy Arbuzov. After reviewing the materials of the proceedings, the case will be referred to the court, reports Hromadske.
The ex-head of the National Bank is suspected under articles 27 and 191 of the Criminal Code (appropriation, loss of property). According to the prosecutor’s office, his actions caused losses of the National Bank of 200 million hryvnias.
As reported “Our money”, Arbuzov is suspected that he illegally created a television and radio organization of the National Bank of Ukraine in the form of the private limited company “Banking TV” in 2011. By 2013, Arbuzov spent public money of the National Bank in the amount of 220 million hryvnias, transferring them from the bank to the authorized capital of the private limited company.
In January 2018, Ukraine announced the search for former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov and ex-head of the National Bank of Ukraine Serhiy Arbuzov.