According to the materials of the Office of the Prosecutor General, a pre-trial investigation is ongoing in a large-scale case regarding the illegal alienation of property belonging to one of the Ukrainian banks and the activities of companies associated with representatives of the aggressor state. 

According to the investigation, in 2022–2023, the former acting Chairman of the Board of the bank, the head of the legal department of the institution, in collusion with other bank officials, representatives of non-resident enterprises, and a private notary, organized the embezzlement of 8 real estate objects belonging to the banking institution by entering into fictitious agreements using forged documents.

Currently, the former acting Chairman of the Board of the bank has been notified of suspicion of organizing the embezzlement of property on a particularly large scale (part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), while the head of the legal department is suspected of aiding these actions (part 5 of Article 27, part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). 

It should be noted that earlier, 6 other accomplices involved in the alienation of the bank's property were also suspected. 

During the investigation, it was established that the non-resident companies involved in the scheme have close ties to the Russian betting brand "1xBet," which has been sanctioned in Ukraine. 

Within the framework of the proceedings, their monetary assets were seized at the request of the prosecutors and transferred to the management of ARMA.

The total amount of seized and already transferred funds to the state budget is nearly 2.5 billion UAH, of which about 500 million UAH is the income received by ARMA during the management of these assets. These funds will be directed to the Fund for the Elimination of the Consequences of Armed Aggression.

In addition, at the request of the prosecutors of the Office of the Prosecutor General, another 39 real estate objects of the bank have been seized and transferred to ARMA, with an estimated value of nearly 1 billion UAH.

The pre-trial investigation and operational support in the criminal proceedings are carried out by the employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (DBR).

Note: according to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a court verdict.