In France, the SBI served notification of suspicion to a Ukrainian oligarch who is a defendant in a case involving the embezzlement of funds from the bank «Finance and Credit»

The employees of the State Bureau of Investigation together with prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General, within the framework of international cooperation, served notification of suspicion to a Ukrainian oligarch who is a defendant in a case involving the embezzlement of funds from the « bank «Finance and Credit».

The fugitive oligarch was also interrogated.

The procedural action was carried out on March 19, 2026, in the French Republic, with the participation of representatives of the competent French authorities. For this, a Ukrainian delegation of investigators from the State Bureau of Investigation and prosecutors from the Office of the Prosecutor General arrived in Paris to fulfill requests for mutual legal assistance.

The charges were filed with the French National Anti-Fraud Office.

This refers to criminal proceeding concerning the formation of a criminal organization and the embezzlement of funds from bank «Finance and Credit». According to the investigation, the oligarch organized a criminal scheme involving bank officials.

The investigators established that the persons involved had issued loans to a company controlled by the suspect. The funds were subsequently transferred to the accounts of non-resident companies through fictitious transactions for the purpose of laundering it.

The oligarch is charged with:

• forming and leading a criminal organization;
• organizing the embezzlement of property on a particularly large scale as part of a criminal organization;
• laundering property obtained by criminal means.

Previously, the SBI had charged the oligarch and three of his associates in connection with the embezzlement of UAH 519 million from bank «Finance and Credit».

The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.