NABU and SAP will check the origin of the money deposited as collateral: it is also about Yermak’s case

NABU and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office plan to check the origin of funds deposited as bail for defendants in a number of criminal proceedings. The check may also concern money deposited for the former head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak.

This was stated by the head of the SAPO Oleksandr Klymenko in an interview with the YouTube channel “There is a Question”.

According to him, the anti-corruption authorities have already had suspicions about the origin of money used to deposit bail in some cases.

“We had certain suspicions about the deposit of certain bails in our investigations, and we will check this. To the extent possible, it is quite difficult to confirm all this after the fact, but we will move in this direction. We plan to check this in many proceedings,” Klymenko said.

How will the money be checked

The head of the SAPO explained that to establish the origin of funds, law enforcement officers can contact the State Financial Monitoring Service. It is not necessary to register a separate criminal case for this.

Finmonitoring can trace the movement of money in the financial system and find out where it came from before being transferred to the account of the High Anti-Corruption Court.

According to Klymenko, suspicions may arise, in particular, if the chain begins with cash deposits by people who do not have confirmed sources of income, after which the money passes through the accounts of legal entities and is ultimately used for collateral.

Will the collateral for Yermak be checked

During the interview, Klymenko was separately asked about possible questions regarding the origin of the funds deposited as collateral for the former head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak.

The head of the SAPO did not put forward any versions regarding the origin of this money and emphasized that it is necessary to first collect the relevant data.

“I do not want to put forward any theories or versions. We need to collect certain facts and then work with it and draw conclusions,” Klymenko noted.

Thus, final conclusions regarding the origin of funds can only be made after conducting an appropriate audit.