On April 30, the HACC scheduled for trial the case concerning the embezzlement of approximately UAH 206 million from Ukrgasbank and the subsequent laundering of those funds, allegedly organized by former bank head Kyrylo Shevchenko and his associates. The first hearing is set for May 1, 2026.

The indictment covers seven defendants: 

• Kyrylo Shevchenko — former head of Ukrgasbank, who later also served as Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine

• Denys Chernyshov — former Deputy of Kyrylo Shevchenko

• Mykola Herasymuk, former Deputy Prosecutor General, and his wife, Kateryna Herasymuk; Natalia Chernyshova, wife of Denys Chernyshov — all listed as fictitious bank partners

• Dymytrii Kozak — former head of the bank's Odesa regional directorate

• Olena Khmelenko — former head of one of the bank's departments 

A former head of a regional directorate, Oleksii Liutyi, was also initially charged but entered a plea agreement in November 2025. The case originally had 16 defendants — SAPO concluded plea agreements with half of them before the indictment was submitted to court.

The case will be heard by a panel of HACC judges. All defendants except Dymytrii Kozak are abroad. Shevchenko, Khmelenko, and the Chernyshov couple attend hearings via video link. 

According to the prosecution, in November 2014 Ukrgasbank management introduced a scheme to siphon funds from the bank. Ukrgasbank purportedly paid intermediaries for bringing in large clients — businesses and state enterprises — that placed funds on deposit. In reality, those clients came on their own: businesses by their own initiative, state entities because the Cabinet of Ministers required it. 

Nevertheless, the bank transferred money to "intermediaries" that did not actually exist; once they received the funds, these entities ceased to operate. Most had been created solely to participate in the scheme. Over more than five years, the bank made over a thousand transfers to the accounts of 52 fictitious intermediaries. 

Total funds allegedly embezzled exceeded UAH 206 million.

The investigation ran for four years. In October 2022, the NABU and the SAPO served suspicion notices on Shevchenko and others — all of whom left the country almost immediately, Shevchenko departing on an official trip as the then-incumbent NBU Governor. They are currently subject to international wanted notices. The case has been in preparatory proceedings since October 17, 2025.