Onyshchenko Oleksandr Romanovych

“Gas case”: embezzlement of proceeds from the sale of gas extracted under joint activity agreements with PJSC “Ukrgasvydobuvannya”

According to NABU and SAPO, Oleksandr Onyshchenko created and led a criminal organisation whose participants in 2013–2016 sold gas extracted under joint activity agreements with PJSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya (100% of shares held by NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine) through controlled exchanges to predetermined companies at understated prices, which then resold it at market prices. According to investigators, the participants of the scheme took possession of over UAH 1.6 billion; the losses of PJSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya amount to over UAH 740 million (in a NABU longread, the total losses to the state, together with the episode of rent payment deferral, are estimated at almost UAH 3 billion). The notice of suspicion was signed on 27.07.2016, and on 18.02.2019 the indictment was sent to court. According to media reports, on 05.04.2024 the HACC sentenced Onyshchenko in absentia to 15 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property; the entry of the verdict into force has not been confirmed, so the status is trial. Bihus.Info (March 2019) reported that some “donors” of the Batkivshchyna party are linked to companies involved in this case; Onyshchenko denied this.

Pre-trial investigation body:

National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine

Proceedings:

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Charges:

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