The Prosecutor General's Office announced criminal cases against Poroshenko, Kolomoisky, and other individuals from the "NSDC list."

Law enforcement authorities are investigating criminal proceedings against several businessmen and former high-ranking officials who have been sanctioned by the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC).

According to reports from the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).

The names of the individuals have not been disclosed. However, based on descriptions, it can be inferred that they include Petro Poroshenko, Ihor Kolomoisky, Kostiantyn Zhevaho, Hennadiy Boholiubov, and Viktor Medvedchuk.

It is noted that the sanctioned individuals are being held criminally liable for committing serious and particularly serious crimes.

The Office of the Attorney General reminded that in December 2021, the fifth president of Ukraine, Poroshenko, was informed of suspicion of committing treason in collusion with a group of individuals and facilitating the activities of terrorist organizations (part 2 of article 28, part 1 of article 111, part 2 of article 28, part 1 of article 258-3 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). In this same criminal proceeding, suspicion was previously announced against the former leader of the banned political party "Opposition Platform – For Life" Viktor Medvedchuk for these crimes.

They are suspected of conspiring with other individuals, as well as representatives of the higher political leadership of Russia, to assist the terrorist organizations "LPR/DPR" in obtaining super-profits exceeding 3 billion UAH from organized coal supplies from occupied territories from November 2014 to January 2015. These crimes led to an increased energy dependence of Ukraine on Russia and strengthened the financial capabilities of the terrorist organizations.

The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceeding was completed in September 2022. The suspects and their lawyers were informed about the opening of the materials of the criminal proceeding for review in accordance with Article 290 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine. Due to the abuse of their rights and delays in the process, prosecutors filed a motion with the court to limit the defense's review period until the end of March 2025.

Medvedchuk is also a defendant in another criminal proceeding. He is charged with treason and violation of the laws and customs of war (articles 111, 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). He is accused of assisting Russian officials in the plundering of a Ukrainian oil and gas field within the Crimean shelf of the Black Sea and providing the enemy with confidential information about the location of a military unit. Additionally, the former MP ensured the functioning of an influence network that aimed to shape the public opinion in Ukraine favorable to Russia. The indictment in this criminal proceeding is currently under consideration in court. Most of the materials – evidence from the prosecution – have already been examined.

At the prosecutors' request, the courts have imposed a freeze on a large number of Medvedchuk's assets – 30 plots of land, 23 houses, 32 apartments, 26 cars, shares in companies, 279 paintings, decorative items, and tableware, a luxury yacht worth over 150 million euros, as well as a unique restaurant car. The value of just a portion of the seized paintings is about $700,000. A lawsuit for the nationalization of his assets has been filed with the High Anti-Corruption Court.

The well-known businessman, the de facto owner of JSC "Bank Finance and Credit" Kostiantyn Zhevaho, who is currently abroad, is suspected of organizing, in collusion with officials of the financial institution, the embezzlement of $113 million, causing damage to the interests of the state and the bank's depositors. Suspicion has also been announced against several top managers of the mentioned bank.

Furthermore, Zhevaho is a suspect in another criminal proceeding investigating the facts of his creation and participation in a criminal organization, as well as embezzlement and laundering of property obtained through criminal means. According to the organized scheme, more than 608 million UAH was illegally allocated and transferred from the bank's accounts to the accounts of non-resident companies controlled by members of the criminal organization. These funds were effectively withdrawn from the territory of Ukraine and not returned to the bank.

The suspect has currently been declared wanted.

Another businessman, Ihor Kolomoisky, who is currently in custody, is suspected of having jointly with the former head of a bank branch embezzled over 5.36 billion UAH of the financial institution's funds, the joint-stock company, and the participants of the joint investment activity agreement. They subsequently laundered nearly 4.1 billion UAH of income obtained through criminal means.

Kolomoisky's business partner, businessman Hennadiy Boholiubov, has been informed of suspicion in the illegal acquisition of another person's passport and organizing the illegal transfer of a person across the state border of Ukraine. He is suspected of taking possession of a Ukrainian citizen's passport that was lost in 2022 and organizing his illegal crossing of the border with the assistance of a border guard. The suspect has been declared wanted.

Background. Earlier, Mind reported that at a meeting on February 12, the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) imposed sanctions against the fifth president of Ukraine, and now a deputy, Petro Poroshenko.