Ukraine confiscates $200 million belonging to Yanukovych’s circle
Ukraine has confiscated another $200 million from the “family” of former President Viktor Yanukovych, as announced by the Prosecutor General, Yuri Lutsenko.
"Today the decision of the city of Cherkasy Sosnovsky District Court has come into effect, requiring the confiscation of the Yanukovych mafia’s banking assets totaling $200 million. The dogs are barking and the caravan is moving," he wrote on Facebook.
The first confiscation took place in the spring.
On April 28th, the Prosecutor General, Yury Lutsenko, said that the decision of the Kramatorsky District Court of the Donetsk Region had come into effect and confiscated 1.5 billion dollars from Yanukovych's entourage. The funds were confiscated as part of the verdict against the ex-director of the Gas of Ukraine 2020 Company, Serhiy Kurchenko. The verdict of the Kramatorsky District Court of the Donetsk Region is dated March 28, 2017. The court approved the deal and recognized the guilt of both Sergiy Kashkin and the antiterrorist operation (ATO) forces military prosecutor, Konstantyn Kulyk, on March 21st. The funds were confiscated from the Oschadbank and Privatbank accounts.