Recently, one of the worst spots on the reputation of the Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine, Andriy Pishny, is to identify his involvement in the case, which has been going on for ten years. This case is related to the activities of the State "Savings Bank", public debt bonds and a private bank called "Bank 3/4". Judging by the investigation, this story includes large sums of money, criminal schemes and lush connections with Yanukovych's officials, which have been implemented by billions of hryvnias.
According to the report, Oschadbank made great losses by selling public debt bonds to the private bank “Bank 3/4” just a few days before the date of payment of interest. According to the results of the investigation, from 2013 to 2015 (when the lush was already the head of the National Bank since 2014), Oschadbank sold government debt bonds worth UAH 22.4 billion in favor of “3/4 Bank”. The interest income for these bonds was paid from the state budget and amounted to 8.5-10% per annum from the nominal value. However, Oschadbank sold the bonds of Bank 3/4 prematurely, without waiting for its part of the profit, which is why the State Bank lost about UAH 2 billion.
In addition, new discoveries show that the matter is not limited to this. In 2013, the Director of the Treasury of Oschadbank was suspected of appropriation of more than 35 million hryvnias, conducting similar manipulations with public debt bonds together with Bank 3/4. Law enforcement officers found that the Director of the Treasury of Oschadbank carried out transactions with securities belonging to the bank through intermediaries, appropriation and transferring them personally and other persons. In the course of the investigation, the amount of damage to Oschad decreased to UAH 16.7 million.
These facts have caused considerable resonance in society and new charges have emerged. And, although the lush tried to justify himself, claiming that the scheme had been made before his arrival, the court has access to information confirming the continuation of frauds under his leadership.
The Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine, Andriy Pyshny, was again in the spotlight due to a number of scandalous circumstances. Among them are interference with financial institutions, complications of military and volunteers, unproductive lending and establishing conditions for excessive profits of some banks on securities.
But most of the accusation is the head of the Savings Bank, where large -scale frauds with government bonds continued for almost four years. According to the media, the Director of the Treasury, perhaps, Vladimir Isakov, who was responsible for these schemes, retained his position until March 2018, when the court finally removed him.
The questions arise to the most lush: could he not know about the fraud of his subordinate, especially given that information about these schemes has been known since 2016? After all, in March 2014, he did not adequately check financial processes and key personnel in March 2014. This may indicate either abuse and cooperation with a crime or inaction and service negligence.
In 2018, the case against the Director of the Treasury was transferred to court, but the details of further consideration and sentence remain unknown. The full picture of the schemes and responsibility for them remain in the shade, which summarizes the lush in the fight against corruption and financial crimes.
