The case of embezzlement at Ukrgasbank: the episode of accomplices Daryna and Natalia Chervonopyska

The case of embezzlement at Ukrgasbank: the episode of accomplices Daryna and Natalia Chervonopyska
Start of the trial 6 September 2023
Date of verdict 27 September 2023
Instance HACC
Stage of criminal proceedings Preparatory proceedings

On September 26, 2023, the HACC convicted two entrepreneurs, Daryna and Natalia Chervonopyska. The individual entrepreneurs were involved in a scheme to embezzle money from the state-owned Ukrgasbank, and the women themselves entered false information in the certificates. They were sentenced to 5 years in prison, exempted from an actual prison term with a probationary period of 1 year. 

According to the investigation, in 2014–2020, a criminal organization headed by former Ukrgasbank CEO Kyrylo Shevchenko embezzled UAH 206 million. The officials withdrew the funds by paying intermediaries for fictitious services to attract customers to the bank.

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In fact, customers were already placing money in the bank or did it in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers' order. The scheme involved 52 agents, including individual entrepreneurs, self-employed individuals, and legal entities that did not actually receive money from the bank but acted only as fronts. Among them are Daryna and Natalia Chervonopyska. Together, they helped launder more than UAH 7 million.

Natalia and Daryna Chervonopyska were charged under Article 209, part 2; Article 27, part 5; Article 28, part 2; and Article 366, part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. On the basis of plea agreements, they were sentenced to 5 years in prison, with a probationary period of 1 year. The defendants were exempted from punishment for forgery in office due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

 

Proceeding No. 52023000000000445
Case No. 991/7864/23
Date the hearing was scheduled 11/09/2023
Qualification
Article 209, part 2
Instance Key parties
HACC 06/09/2023 Panel of judges: Mykhailenko V.V.
THE CASE OF AT UKRGASBANK
Preparatory proceedings

Two entrepreneurs, Daryna and Natalia Chervonopyska, were involved in a scheme to embezzle money from the state-owned Ukrgasbank. They were exempted from punishment with a probationary period of 1 year. 

  • March–June 2016
    Daryna and Natalia Chervonopyska entered false information in their certificates and then legalized the funds withdrawn from the bank
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    October 6, 2022
    the NABU-SAPO served Kyrylo Shevchenko, former head of Ukrgasbank, with a suspicion notice in absentia, as well as 5 other defendants in the case
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    February 14, 2023
    the NABU-SAPO served 10 more defendants in the case, including Daryna and Natalia Chervonopyska, with suspicion notices
  • March 6, 2023
    the HACC imposed an interim measure on Nataliia Chervonopyska in the form of a personal commitment
  • March 23, 2023
    the HACC imposed an interim measure on Daria Chervonopyska in the form of a personal commitment
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    September 26, 2023
    the HACC found Daryna and Natalia Chervonopyska guilty and sentenced them to 5 years, exempting them from the actual sentence with a probationary period of 1 yea

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