National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Finds No Evidence of the Abuse of Power by NBU’s Senior Officers

The NABU opened a criminal case on 16 December 2015 on the basis of a claim filed by Head of the Anti-Corruption Action Centre Mr Vitalii Shabunin. Mr Shabunin accused the NBU’s senior officers of abusing power to derive a benefit for the NBU Governor’s family members by informing them of Delta Bank PJSC’s financial standing.  According to the claimant, the knowledge of this information enabled them to withdraw about UAH 12.5 million from their savings accounts with Delta Bank PJSC.

As evidence to support his claim, the claimant produced an account statement of the account held by the NBU Governor’s daughter-in-law showing a commission fee of UAH 124,000 that she paid. According to Mr Shabunin, this commission fee was allegedly paid for the withdrawal of UAH 12.5 million from the deposit account. The pre-trial investigation into the criminal case has established that the documents produced by the claimant were false as the NBU Governor’s family members never had such amounts in their accounts with Delta Bank PJSC.

The pre-trial investigation into the criminal case involving the examination of documents has found no evidence of wrongdoing or the abuse of power by the NBU’s senior officers punishable under Part 1 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

In view of the above, in accordance with paragraph 2 part I Article 284 of the Criminal Procedural Code of Ukraine, the NABU has dropped a criminal case against the NBU’s senior officers due to the absence of the event of a crime.