ARMA traces luxury real estate, top cars and weapons of Ihor Hrynkevych and his family
ARMA promptly forwarded this information to the State Bureau of Investigation for seizure of assets and their future possible confiscation
Following a request from the SBI, the National Agency of Ukraine for finding, tracing and management of assets derived from corruption and other crimes (ARMA) has identifiedand traced the assets of Lviv businessman Ihor Hrynkevych and persons associated with his illegal activities.
It is noted that these individuals acted in prior conspiracy with officials of the Ministry of Defense. They entered into contracts for the supply of goods for the needs of the Armed Forces (personal protective equipment and food) with 100% prepayment, but without the intention of fulfilling them.
Thus, Ihor Hrynkevych and his accomplices are accused of misappropriation of budget funds in particularly large amounts.
60% of the budget funds that the legal entities controlled by Hrynkevych received from the Ministry of Defense were withdrawn in favor of other affiliated companies.
The remaining 40% of the funds were transferred to accounts of Turkish clothing manufacturers in Turkey to ensure the fulfillment of government contracts.
The ARMA officers found the following Ukrainian assets of the suspects
- Residential real estate – 17 (including 3 apartments owned by Ihor Hrynkevych's wife Svitlana; 1 Lviv apartment owned by Yaryna Hrynkevych; 1 Lviv apartment owned by Marian Shved and 2 apartments owned by Sofia Morozyuk)
- non-residential real estate – 7 (including non-residential premises on Saksahanskoho Street in the center of the capital)
- land plots – 18 (including large plots in Lytvynivka village council of Vyshhorod district of Kyiv region owned by Ihor Hrynkevych and his son Roman Hrynkevych)
- premium cars – 9
- shares in the authorized capital – UAH 14,731,625
- weapons – 12
- intellectual property rights – 3.
- accounts in eight banks
The ARMA promptly forwarded the information to the SBI for the seizure of assets and their future possible confiscation.
On the afternoon of January 11, the SBI reported that as part of the investigation into the supply of goods for the needs of the Ministry of Defense, searches were conducted at the residence and workplace of Lviv businessman Ihor Hrynkevych, at the addresses of directors and offices of companies controlled by him.
Background.
On December 29, 2023, SBI officers detained a Lviv businessman, one of the largest suppliers to the Ministry of Defense, who offered a $500,000 bribe to one of the heads of the Bureau's Main Investigation Department for assistance in returning property seized from companies under his control during the investigation. The media found out that it was Ihor Hrynkevych.
On December 30, 2023, Hrynkevych was chosen a measure of restraint in the form of detention with the possibility of bail in the amount of UAH 429 million 440 thousand.
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