The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has announced that Ihor Kolomoisky, the detained Ukrainian business magnate, faces a third set of allegations in addition to his initial arrest on suspicion of fraud and money laundering. This development emerged during a recent court hearing in Kyiv, where the demanded bail for Kolomoisky was significantly from nearly $14 million to approximately $105 million. Allegedly, no bail will be posted.
Ukrainian tycoon Ihor Kolomoisky's net worth has plummeted from $2 billion to $835 million since the Russian invasion. Before the invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, Kolomoisky's enterprises, including the informal Privat Group bank, were valued at their highest in seven years. However, by early September 2023, after facing two legal charges within a week and subsequent arrest, his wealth decreased by two-and-a-half times.
Following his arrest a few days ago, Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoysky has been officially charged with suspected fraud in the PrivatBank scheme. The prosecutor's office said he is suspected of having embezzled funds from the bank amounting to more than €233 million. The prosecutor's office referred in its letter to the "former head of the Dnipro region" and beneficiary of the bank at the time of the crime in 2015.
In a significant development from Ukraine, Ihor Kolomoisky, a leading oligarch and pivotal backer of President Volodymyr Zelensky's 2019 electoral campaign, has been apprehended in relation to a fraud inquiry. A Ukrainian court has ordered the tyccon to be held in custody for two months on suspicion of fraud and money laundering. Kolomoisky, renowned for his ventures in media and banking, ranks among Ukraine's most affluent figures.