Kolomoiskyi Ihor Valeriiovych

Misappropriation of over UAH 9.2 billion of PrivatBank through a bond buyback (2015)

According to NABU and SAPO, in January–March 2015 the ultimate beneficiary of PJSC CB «PrivatBank», who at the time served as Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, organised a scheme under which the bank was artificially obliged to pay a controlled offshore company over UAH 9.2 billion, purportedly for the buyback of its own bonds at an inflated price; over UAH 446 million of this amount, according to the investigation, was laundered through related companies and later credited to the beneficiary's personal account and contributed to the bank's authorised capital. He and five members of the group were served notices of suspicion on 7 September 2023 (Articles 191, 209, 366 of the Criminal Code); the investigation was completed in July 2025, and the indictment was sent to court on 6 August 2026. NABU does not name him in its announcements; the identification is based on the position (Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration) and media publications. The 2022 Bihus.Info video does not examine this case separately — it mentions the case on the withdrawal of «eight billion» from PrivatBank before nationalisation and the «Ukrnafta» case, in which Kolomoiskyi was not a suspect. There is no verdict; the person is presumed innocent until a verdict enters into force.

Pre-trial investigation body:

National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine

Proceedings:

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Charges:

ст. 191 КК України, ст. 209 КК України, ст. 366 КК України