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The HACC imposed detention in custody with the alternative of UAH 10 million bail; bail was posted. No verdict.","episodes":[{"id":"01a0ffd7-6a5d-71c9-898d-7e7d1cfd2e4b","title":"Misappropriation and laundering of over UAH 37 million of foreign donor funds through a controlled NGO (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)","status":"suspicion","amounts":{"usd":{"rate":"0.0223171445","alleged":"825734.35","rateDate":"2026-07-27","established":"0.00"},"alleged":"37000000.00","currency":"UAH","established":"0.00"},"dateEnd":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a0ffd7-6a6c-7581-8128-accd546a2d32","url":"https://t.me/sap_gov_ua/4152","type":"official","title":"Organised group that misappropriated over UAH 37 million in donations to support Ukraine exposed","publisher":"SAPO","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-07-27","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0ffd7-6a7d-7a74-b0e0-eb65371954a2","url":"https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2026/08/07/8047826/","type":"media","title":"Bail posted for former Foreign Ministry official Bankov, suspected of misappropriation","publisher":"Ukrainska Pravda","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-08-07","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0ffd7-6a74-7311-a377-ff44a70fcbba","url":"https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2026/08/03/8046971/","type":"media","title":"Misappropriation of international aid: court takes former Foreign Ministry official Bankov into custody","publisher":"Ukrainska Pravda","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-08-03","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0ffd7-6a64-78a3-b743-9749d0fc11ad","url":"https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2026/07/27/8046114/","type":"media","title":"Former State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and accomplices suspected of misappropriating UAH 37 million from funds for aid to Ukraine","publisher":"Ukrainska Pravda","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-07-27","untranslated":[]}],"dateStart":"2022-02-24","caseNumber":null,"description":"According to NABU and SAPO, at the start of the full-scale invasion a former State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs persuaded international partners and employees of diplomatic missions abroad to direct financial aid to the account of a controlled non-governmental organisation; the funds, which according to an expert examination had the status of earmarked budget funds of the MFA special fund, were withdrawn through sole proprietors and legal entities to conversion centres. The investigation established money laundering of over UAH 37 million (about USD 1.28 million). On 27 July 2026 four persons were served notices of suspicion (Article 190(4), Article 191(5), Article 209(3) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The official SAPO announcement does not name him; according to Ukrainska Pravda and Suspilne, reporting from the HACC hearing, it concerns Oleksandr Bankov. On 3 August 2026 the HACC ordered detention in custody with the alternative of bail of UAH 10 million; bail was posted. There is no verdict; the person is presumed innocent.","disclosedAt":"2026-07-27","coDefendants":[],"untranslated":[],"courtCaseNumber":null,"statusUpdatedAt":"2026-07-27","criminalArticles":["ч. 4 ст. 190 КК України","ч. 5 ст. 191 КК України","ч. 3 ст. 209 КК України"],"dateIsApproximate":true,"investigatingBody":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","daysWithoutMovement":71}],"fullName":"Баньков Олександр Сергійович","response":null,"birthYear":1983,"deathDate":null,"indexable":true,"updatedAt":"2026-10-03T17:10:06.527883+00:00","revisionId":"01a102be-96c2-7371-b59b-40c02e0bcb7e","connections":[],"citizenships":["UA"],"govPositions":[{"id":"01a0ffd7-8666-7ba2-a1dc-67b435c9392a","title":"Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Romania","agency":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine","dateTo":"2020-07-15","region":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a0ffd7-8640-7526-8484-d068fc6aade9","url":"https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87","type":"media","title":"Oleksandr Serhiiovych Bankov","publisher":"Wikipedia","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-03","untranslated":[]}],"dateFrom":"2017-04-04","agencySlug":"ministerstvo-zakordonnykh-sprav-ukrainy-e3d3","untranslated":[],"appointmentType":"appointed"},{"id":"01a0ffd7-8645-7f44-a2c9-33e932f51317","title":"State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine","agency":"Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine","dateTo":null,"region":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a0ffd7-8640-7526-8484-d068fc6aade9","url":"https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87","type":"media","title":"Oleksandr Serhiiovych Bankov","publisher":"Wikipedia","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-03","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0ffd7-6a7d-7a74-b0e0-eb65371954a2","url":"https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2026/08/07/8047826/","type":"media","title":"Bail posted for former Foreign Ministry official Bankov, suspected of misappropriation","publisher":"Ukrainska Pravda","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-08-07","untranslated":[]}],"dateFrom":null,"agencySlug":"ministerstvo-zakordonnykh-sprav-ukrainy-e3d3","untranslated":[],"appointmentType":"appointed"}],"nameVariants":["Bankov Oleksandr","Олександр Баньков"],"untranslated":[],"fullNameLatin":"Bankov Oleksandr Serhiiovych","primaryStatus":"suspicion","officialStatus":"former","currentSituation":"unknown","commercialPositions":[]}