Kolomoisky's assets worth about 8 billion rubles were arrested in Ukraine

NABU: assets of Igor Kolomoisky were arrested in Ukraine

Assets of Ukrainian businessman, former owner of Privatbank Igor Kolomoisky with an estimated value of more than UAH 3 billion (RUB 7.9 billion) were arrested, according to the telegram channel of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).

According to the bureau, the arrest was imposed on shares in the authorized capital of companies that belong to Kolomoisky directly or indirectly. "307 legal entities, including joint—stock companies, with an estimated value of more than UAH 3 billion (RUB 7.9 billion), as well as almost 1 thousand real estate objects and more than 1.6 thousand vehicles and ships," the report says.

The arrest will be valid for 48 hours. The Bureau also sent a petition for the seizure of assets to the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court.

The day before, NABU charged Kolomoisky and five other ex-heads of Privatbank with seizing more than UAH 9 billion (more than RUB 23 billion) of a credit institution. The bureau stated that in order to implement the scheme, "the bank was artificially obliged to pay more than UAH 9.2 billion to the specified controlled company under the pretext of allegedly repurchasing its own bonds at an inflated cost."

At the moment, Kolomoisky has been arrested in another case — the legalization in 2013-2020 of over 500 million UAH (more than 1 billion rubles) by withdrawing them abroad through banks controlled by him. He was offered bail for about the same amount, but Kolomoisky refused, deciding to appeal against the verdict of the court.