According to the SBI, not only the billion-dollar assets of a company associated with russia, but also interest from its management were transferred to the state
Based on the materials of the proceedings of the SBI, not only the billion-dollar assets of the company «SIA ROYAL PAY EUROPE», associated with the russian federation, but also interest from its management were transferred to the state budget.
On September 26, 2024, the Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court satisfied the appeal of the Ministry of Justice about the application of sanctions in the form of recovery of assets to the state budget. The Ministry of Justice has requested to add interest in the decision of the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine of May 31, 2024 on the transfer of securities and funds for more than 1,8 billion hryvnias to the state.
Thus, after the appeal, securities, funds on the bank accounts and interest from the management of such assets by the National Agency of Ukraine for Finding, Tracing and Management of Assets Derived from Corruption and Other Crimes (abbr. - Asset Recovery and Management Agency or ARMA) for a total amount of about 2 billion hryvnias were transferred to the state.
The decisions were made based on the materials of the criminal proceeding of the SBI.
It should be reminded that during the investigation, the SBI employees, under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General together with the Security Service of Ukraine, representatives of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute Of Forensic Expertise, the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine, the Asset Recovery and Management Agency and the National Bank of Ukraine, have established and documented the connection of the non-resident company «SIA ROYAL PAY EUROPE» with the russian bookmaker «1xBet», represented in the Ukraine by LLC «TVOYA BETTINGOVA COMPANIYA» as well as other companies and persons whose actions are committed to the detriment of the national interests and national security of our state under the conditions of the introduced legal regime of martial law.
Currently, the Decree of the President of Ukraine has enacted the decision of the National Security and Defense Council «On the application of personal special economic and other restrictive measures (sanctions)» to the non-resident legal entity «SIA ROYAL PAY EUROPE» for a period of 5 years.
In turn, by the Decree of the President of Ukraine and the decision of the National Security and Defense Council, sanctions were imposed on LLC «TVOYA BETTINGOVA COMPANIYA» for a period of 50 years.
The SBI employees, together with prosecutors of the Office of the Prosecutor General, are conducting the pre-trial investigation within the framework of the relevant criminal proceedings under Part 4 of Article 110-2 (Financing of actions committed with the aim of violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or seizure of state power, changes in the boundaries of the territory or state border of Ukraine), Parts 4 and 5 of Article 191 (Misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property by abuse of office), Part 2 of Article 364 (Abuse of power or official position), Part 2 Article 364-1 (Abuse of authority by an official of a legal entity of private law, regardless of the organizational and legal form) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.