Against the backdrop of the dubious initiative of the head of the National Bank, Andriy Pyshny, to rename “kopecks” to “steps” during the war, UNIAN journalists published a large editorial regarding Pyshny’s allegedly forged diploma.
Let us recall that Andriy Pyshnyi was the actual initiator of renaming "kopecks per step" despite martial law and systemic problems in the Ukrainian economy, which caused opposition among professional financiers.
In particular, the National Securities and Stock Market Commission stated that “there is no economic sense in renaming, the costs for the capital market are significant, IT systems and registers will have to be changed, funding is not provided, and during a war it distracts resources from real tasks.”
The issue of “professional suitability of Andriy Pyshny” in the context of “discussion around the history of banking education and academic degree of the NBU Chairman” was also raised by UNIAN journalists . In particular, the article questions the sufficiency of Pyshny’s qualifications for “conducting negotiations with international financial partners.”
Recall that Andriy Pyshny has a legal education - in 1996 he graduated from Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi State University with a degree in law, after which he worked as a lecturer at the Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law.
After starting work in the banking sector, Andriy Pyshnyi needed to obtain a specialized banking education. Official sources indicate that in 2005, Pyshnyi graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the National Bank of Ukraine (UABC) with a degree in banking through correspondence studies.
At the same time, the investigation materials reviewed by the courts contain information that the basis for admission to the 4th year of the UABS was a certificate of study at the Sumy branch of the private "University of Modern Knowledge", which allegedly confirmed previous education.
A year before that – in 2004, Andriy Pyshny received a certificate confirming his studies at this university through the rector of the Sumy branch of the “University of Modern Knowledge” Volodymyr Vasylenko. In October 2006, the Sumy city prosecutor’s office initiated criminal case No. 06780096 against Volodymyr Vasylenko and eight other people (including Andriy Pyshny himself) who received diplomas on the basis of the certificates issued to them for committing a crime under Article 364 (abuse of power or official position) Part 2 and Article 366 (official forgery) Part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. However, on May 21, 2007, by a decision of the Zarechny District Court of Sumy in criminal case No. 1-252/07, a guilty verdict was issued only against Volodymyr Vasylenko, and with regard to Andriy Pyshny and other persons, on April 25, 2007, investigator Vasyl Matishents issued a resolution refusing to bring them to criminal responsibility.
In August 2013, the Kovpakiv District Court made a decision to grant access to the investigator of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Sumy region to the documents of the personal file of Andriy Pyshny, which was in the materials of the above-mentioned criminal case No. 06780096 on charges of committing crimes under Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine and at that time was already in the archive of the Zarechny District Court of the city of Sumy. At that time, the investigation was conducted on the materials of the criminal proceedings entered into the Unified Register of Criminal Proceedings under No. 12012110060000459 dated December 1, 2012 on the grounds of a crime under Part 4 of Article 358 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (use of a knowingly forged document), which were received at the Sumy MV of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in the Sumy region from the Prosecutor's Office of the Pechersk district of Kyiv, regarding the fact that Andriy Pyshny provided forged documents.
According to the investigator, the pre-trial investigation established that Andriy Pyshny, knowingly knowing about the forgery of documents in his favor by the director of the Sumy branch of the “University of Modern Knowledge” Volodymyr Vasylenko, illegally used them, submitting them to the Ukrainian Academy of Banking of the NBU in 2004. They became the basis for his enrollment in the 4th year of the correspondence department of the specified university and gave him the right to eliminate the academic difference without completing the previous term of study.
According to the criminal proceedings, the personal file of Andriy Pyshny, which was formed by the former vice-rector of the UABS of the NBU, Kostyantyn Malyutin, with the assistance of the director of the branch of the “University of Modern Knowledge” Volodymyr Vasylenko, for admission to the Academy of Banking, contained: an extract from the order of the “University of Modern Knowledge” No. 53-уч dated 01.09.2001 on the enrollment of Andriy Pyshny from 31.08.2002 immediately into the 3rd year of the Faculty of Economics of correspondence studies; a protocol of the results of an individual interview with Pyshny dated 26.07.2002; his student card and student academic certificate, an extract from the order No. 361-ос dated 12.07.2004 on the transfer of Andriy Pyshny to the UABS of the NBU, a record book; extract from order No. 235-s dated June 10, 2005 on granting qualifications to Andriy Pyshny and a number of other documents.
It was also established that after graduation, Andriy Pyshny received a diploma of the established sample in accordance with order No. 235-s dated June 10, 2005. When reviewing the materials of criminal case No. 06780096 on the accusation of Volodymyr Vasylenko and Kostyantyn Malyutin of committing crimes under Part 1 of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which is located in the archive of the Zarichny District Court of Sumy, the investigators established that the personal file of Andriy Pyshny, which contained the above-mentioned documents, was seized from the UABS of the NBU by the decision of the investigator of the prosecutor's office Vasyl Matyshinets and was at that time in the materials of the criminal case and attached as material evidence.
The Sumy branch of the “University of Modern Knowledge”, mentioned in the documents, does not actually appear in either the state registers of educational entities or the official lists of structural divisions of this higher education institution. Open sources do not contain any confirmation of its registration at the specified address, contact details, or information about the management.
Recall, we previously reported that NBU Chairman Andriy Pyshny may be connected to a legal business that earns millions from state-owned banks .
