On October 24, the investigating judge of the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv, having considered the petition of the Prosecutor General's Office (case No. 761/44359/25), seized all property seized during searches at enterprises associated with former tax official Roman Afonov and businessman Felix Kusayev. The arrest also affected two branches of JSC "AB "RADABANK" in Zaporizhia.
According to the investigation, since 2020, participants in the criminal scheme, through controlled transit and conversion enterprises, registered tax invoices for the sale of scrap ferrous and non-ferrous metals in the amount of over UAH 2 billion. According to the UCP, the main counterparties were enterprises of the real sector of the economy, including "Syaivomet", "Syaivo TD", PrJSC "Dniprospetsstal", "Metpromservis", "Timmetal", "Prommetsplav", "Snab-electro", "Euro-met" and others.
To legalize the origin of scrap metal, the organizers drew up acceptance and transfer certificates from individuals who were not actually involved in the procurement and did not have access to the bank accounts to which the funds were deposited.
Subsequently, non-cash funds were distributed to the accounts of controlled individuals and legal entities and cashed out at banks and through ATMs using payment cards. The investigation notes that officials of banking institutions may have been involved in the scheme.
Judicial arrest is designed to ensure the preservation of assets until the completion of the pre-trial investigation and consideration of the case in court.
