Money from Artem Shyl's schemes to purchase transformers for Ukrzaliznytsia went to his wife Iryna's 365 STUDIO beauty salons - NABU source
The operation of the NABU and SAPO to detain the former head of the Main Department for Counterintelligence Protection of State Interests in the Sphere of Economic Security of the SBU, Artem Shyl, and charge him and other participants with organizing a scheme under which JSC Ukrzaliznytsia purchased transformers at twice the inflated price, which was reported by the media and TV channels, has not yet been completed.
As the media reports, citing a source in the NABU, a search was conducted at the residence of Artem Shyl and his wife Iryna Shyl (maiden name Popova), and large sums of money in US dollars and euros were seized. Searches were also conducted at facilities related to the 365 STUDIO beauty salon chain (LLC “365 Studio”), owned by Iryna Shyl (Popova), and other facilities. Back in 2022, Bihus.Info journalists showed the scope of the Shyl family's business empire, which he was unable to explain. The Shyl family's companies were registered in the names of people from Shyl's entourage: the wife of the head of the State Anti-Money Laundering Agency Eduard Krytsyn and Shyl's driver Oleksandr Skuratov. In 2021-2022, these 2 people close to Artem Shyl were employed in management positions at Ukrzaliznytsia, where they later participated in a criminal scheme.
At the end of 2021, Iryna Popova showed on her Instagram the beginning of the renovation of a luxurious beauty salon in Obolon, which was completed only in 2023. According to various estimates, from $500 thousand to $1 million was invested in the renovation, equipment, and equipment of the salon alone. Significant funds were spent on advertising and PR of the salon.
According to a source in the NABU, the investigation believes that part of the money under the schemes from the purchase of transformers for Ukrzaliznytsia went to Iryna Popova's beauty salons, so it is not excluded that the accounts of the salons will soon be arrested, and their unprofitable activities, without the support of money from Artem Shyl's corrupt actions, will be stopped.
Law enforcement officers are also checking the facts - whether the spouses' funds were withdrawn to the uncontrolled territory of Ukraine.
