Ukrainian law enforcement agencies now have the opportunity to track the whereabouts of Ukrainians abroad using the Diya mobile application.
This is reported by the Telegraf publication, referring to the decision of the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HCC), adopted in the case of the group led by the former head of the State Property Fund, Dmytro Sennichenko. He is suspected of embezzling more than UAH 2 billion from the Odesa port plant and the United Mining and Chemical Company (UMC) in the period from 2019 to 2021.
According to the case file, NABU provided the court with information about how it tracked the movement of one of the co-organizers of the scheme around the world - judging by the text, it is about Andriy Gmyrin, another suspect who is also wanted.
NABU established that on July 25, 2022, Gmyrin applied to the Consulate of Ukraine in Dubai for certification of translations and copies of documents, and on October 27, 2022, to issue foreign passports for his minor children. Also, on March 23, 2023, he received a foreign passport at the Ukrainian consulate in Dubai.
"The IP addresses used by Gmyrin to log into the Diya system are located in the United Arab Emirates, Austria, Italy, the Maldives and Turkey, which is confirmed by the case materials," the court's decision reads.
Apparently, NABU received such information from "Diya" by court decision as part of criminal proceedings. It turns out that through "Diya" it is possible to track the stay of Ukrainians abroad quite accurately.
