Berezkin Stanislav Semenovych

Case on the misappropriation of USD 20 million of “Oschadbank” (“Kreatyv” group): proceedings closed due to death

According to NABU, in 2013–2015 officials of the Kreatyv group companies, in collusion with officials of JSC Oschadbank (100% state-owned), forged documents and obtained a loan of USD 20 million (equivalent to UAH 160 million at the time) from the state bank, allegedly for the purchase of sunflower seeds, after which the funds were moved abroad. On 27.09.2019 NABU and SAPO served a notice of suspicion on former Member of Parliament Stanislav Berezkin, whom investigators consider the beneficial owner of the Kreatyv group companies and the organiser of the scheme (Article 191(5), Article 27(3) and Article 209(3), Article 27(3) and Article 366(1) of the Criminal Code; proceedings No. 42016000000001254). In autumn 2018 the Verkhovna Rada did not consent to bringing him, then a sitting MP, to liability. Berezkin died on 06.12.2020; the proceedings against him were closed due to his death (NABU does not give the closure date; no later than 02.09.2021, when the indictment against 12 other persons was sent to court). There is no verdict regarding Berezkin; guilt has been neither established nor refuted by a court.

Pre-trial investigation body:

National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine

Proceedings:

42016000000001254

Charges:

ч. 5 ст. 191 КК України, ч. 3 ст. 27, ч. 3 ст. 209 КК України, ч. 3 ст. 27, ч. 1 ст. 366 КК України