Former Ukrainian Top Diplomat Charged with Stealing Foreign Donations
Investigators say donors’ aid was moved through a controlled NGO and laundered through intermediaries for personal enrichment, with losses topping UAH 37 million.
- NABU and SAPO served notices of suspicion to former Foreign Ministry State Secretary and Foreign Affairs Oleksandr Bankov for allegedly misappropriating UAH 37 million in donations intended to support Ukraine.
- According to investigators, Bankov persuaded donors and employees of Ukrainian diplomatic missions to transfer financial assistance to an NGO under his control during Russia's full-scale invasion.
- The group subsequently transferred these funds to accounts of controlled sole proprietors, who then channeled them to "back offices" for laundering and personal enrichment.
- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry stated that an internal audit, confirmed by the State Audit Service, uncovered evidence of abuse involving aid collected at the invasion's start.
- Notices of suspicion were also served to Ramiz Ramazanov, adviser to the Permanent Mission of Ukraine in Geneva, and Vladyslav Reznikov, head of the NGO Centre.
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Foreign Ministry State Secretary Bankov embezzled UAH 37 million in international aid – AntAC
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The former State Secretary of the Foreign Ministry organized a scheme to steal more than UAH 37 million in donations in support of Ukraine - NABUNABU exposed a criminal group led by the former foreign secretary, which appropriated funds from foreign donors. Washed through conversion money centers participants of the scheme directed to their own enrichment.
The Ukrainian anti-corruption agency has accused former Deputy Minister Oleksandr Bankov of corruption. He is alleged to have been the leader of a group that embezzled 37 million hryvnia (720,000 euros) in foreign funds at the beginning of the war, which were intended to help the country in the war with Russia.
The Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 2020-2024, was suspected of cheating with donations to Ukraine, probably in the case of Alexander Bankov.
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