Case description
On December 25, 2023, the HACC sentenced Volodymyr Ahafonov, former chairman of the board of Real Bank, which belonged to oligarch Kurchenko, to 11 years in absentia. As a member of Yanukovych's criminal group, he seized billions of hryvnias of the bank.
In 2013–2014, Volodymyr Ahafonov, while serving as chairman of the board of Real Bank, seized UAH 4.7 billion of the Bank, UAH 800 million of the NBU's stabilization loan for the bank, and subsequently participated in the laundering of these funds. In addition, Ahafonov was involved in the embezzlement of UAH 865 million from Brokbusinessbank.
Ahafonov has been on the international wanted list since 2015. At the same time, the SSU opened criminal proceedings against Ahafonov and former NBU head Ihor Sorkin for embezzling UAH 2.8 billion from the National Bank and PJSC Agrarian Fund.
Ahafonov's actions were classified under Article 255, part 1; Article 191, part 5; Article 209, part 3; Article 366, part 2; Article 366, part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The HACC sentenced him in absentia to 11 years in prison with confiscation of all his property and imposed a fine of UAH 12,750. In addition, the court recovered UAH 503 million from Ahafonov under the NBU's civil suit and UAH 5.57 billion under the claim of the Deposit Guarantee Fund.
