Case description
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.
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.
