On April 9, 2026, the HACC found former bank chairman Dmytro Yehorenko guilty of aiding the embezzlement of over UAH 18 million in state funds and the official forgery of documents committed in conspiracy.

He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment with confiscation of property. The same verdict, however, released him from serving the sentence due to the expiry of the statute of limitations.

According to the prosecution, Dmytro Yehorenko, in his senior positions at PJSC Rodovid Bank, acted in conspiracy with MP Oleksandr Shepelev, his wife Halyna Shepeleva, and interim administrator Serhii Shcherbyna with the aim of unlawfully misappropriating bank funds.

The scheme involved the creation of fictitious lease arrangements for a building at 4 Rylskyi Lane — a property that in fact belonged to Halyna Shepeleva. Acting as an accomplice, in August 2009, on Oleksandr Shepelev's instructions, Dmytro Yehorenko signed a series of fictitious documents on behalf of the bank — including a lease agreement and supplementary contracts — backdated to February 2009. This allowed the conspirators to disguise the crime as commercial activity that purportedly predated the introduction of the interim administration.

In reality, the lease arrangement was a fabrication: the bank never used the premises, and the signatures served solely to create a documentary basis for unlawful payments. On the basis of these forged certificates and contracts, between September 2009 and March 2010, UAH 18 million was transferred from the bank's accounts to Halyna Shepeleva's personal account, causing the state — through the bank — losses on an especially large scale.

At trial, the court established that the defendant was aware of the absence of any lawful grounds for the transfers, yet aided the execution of the criminal plan by signing the fictitious documentation, which allowed the Shepelev family to dispose of the embezzled funds at their discretion.

Dmytro Yehorenko's actions were charged as aiding the misappropriation of property through abuse of office (Articles 27(5) 191(5) of the Criminal Code) and the official forgery of documents committed in prior conspiracy by a group of persons (Articles 28(2) 366(1) of the Criminal Code). He had been placed on the wanted list, despite his stated intention to participate in court hearings via video link.

At trial, Dmytro Yehorenko did not plead guilty to the charges against him. He confirmed that, as the holder of a 34% stake in the authorized capital of Rodovid Bank, he had served as acting Chairman of the Board, and from 2009 onwards as Chairman without the "acting" qualifier.

Regarding his relationship with Oleksandr Shepelev, the defendant denied both close communication with him and his alleged status as the Cabinet of Ministers' "unofficial overseer," claiming that Shepelev had no workplace at the bank and visited only Serhii Shcherbyna. Yehorenko also categorically denied signing any documents concerning the lease of the premises at 4 Rylskyi Lane. According to him, the building had in fact been leased by the bank between September 2009 and March 2010, and approximately one-third of the institution's units — including the security service, programmers, and the regional directorate — had purportedly relocated there. In the defendant's view, the bank's full relocation never took place because of a fictitious renovation contract concluded by Serhii Shcherbyna for money laundering purposes.

On April 9, 2026, the HACC found Dmytro Yehorenko guilty of misappropriating property through abuse of office and the forgery of documents. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment but was released from serving the sentence due to the expiry of the statute of limitations. The verdict ended a search for Dmytro Yehorenko that had lasted for nearly eight years.