Investigative Bureau of Economic Security (Bab) exposed an organized criminal group that was laundering money through illegal financial companies and currency exchange points in the Transcarpathian region. According to the investigation, the former employees of JSC "Pravex Bank" were involved in the criminal scheme.
About it reports the detective bureau of ABSURTION.
According to Bab, several financial companies were involved in the scheme, including Orandj Finance LLC, Interchajing Ukraine LLC, Interkesh online LLC, Interkesh Ukraine LLC and Whendent Finance LLC. Their manager or founder was Dmitry Gontar, an ex -director of the Pravex Bank branch. Formally, companies provided microcredit, currency exchange and insurance services, but in fact were converted to cash and avoided financial monitoring.
According to investigators, the organizers transferred cash to non -cash form, then converted it in UAH and received cash again. In addition, the funds were passed through fictitious financial assistance, issued from related persons.
In total, in the period 2016-2018, the participants of the criminal group conducted illegal financial transactions for over UAH 56 million.
Former bankers had significant differences between real and official income. One of the suspects carried out fraud for UAH 15.5 million, declaring only UAH 2.4 million. Another "washed" UAH 24.8 million, although it officially earned UAH 3.7 million. The third participant performed transactions for UAH 15.8 million, having a declared income of UAH 3.5 million.
A special role in the scheme was played by a network of currency exchange items that worked under the brands of Orange Finance and Kurs Uz UA. They did not have any licenses for currency transactions. In order to avoid inspections, businesses were officially registered as real estate lease companies, although in fact 53 points in Transcarpathia carried out illegal exchange of currency.
In addition, the defendants were engaged in shadow operations with cryptocurrencies and illegal monetary transfers that were not reflected in the reporting. In order to avoid financial monitoring, they broke large amounts into smaller transactions, which allowed to bypass the legislation on the control of financial flows.
Investigation is currently underway, and law enforcement officers establish additional details of criminal activity. The persons are threatened with criminal liability for money laundering and tax evasion.
