SBU exposes criminals who exported cash from the occupied territories abroad

The detectives of the Economic Security Bureau and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) exposed an international scheme of illegal export of hryvnia cash from the temporarily occupied territories abroad for further import and legalization in Ukraine.

Source. This was reported by the press service of the Bureau.

Details. It turned out that the individuals were exporting stolen money from Ukraine through the territory of Russia and Belarus to the EU countries.

Later, the cash was imported to Ukraine in empty car compartments, travel suitcases, using fictitious declarations of origin, etc. and legalized.

The total amount of illegally transported funds reaches hundreds of millions of hryvnias, the report says.

The BES detectives and SBU operatives caught two participants of the scheme during the import of 16 million hryvnias in cash. Searches in the apartment and cars revealed camouflaged bags with stones that looked like amber, seals with imprints of foreign business entities and cash in suitcases.

According to the Bureau, the suspects' funds were seized. In the future, they will be donated to the army.

Background. As a reminder, the SBU and the BES announced suspicion to the chief accountant of Ukrtatnafta in the case of fraud and misappropriation of UAH 40 billion by the company's former management.