One of Ukraine’s most powerful oligarchs has been arrested in a fraud investigation, state media in the country are reporting.
A Kyiv court on Saturday ordered Ihor Kolomoisky, a key supporter of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s 2019 presidential campaign, to 60 days in pre-trial detention while authorities investigate fraud charges against him, reported Ukrinform. Kolomoisky’s media and banking businesses have made him one of the richest men in Ukraine. However, the US State Department has previously accused him of using his “political influence and power for personal benefit.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office is supervising the pre-trial investigation which will focus on Kolomoisky’s alleged role in laundering over half a billion Ukrainian hryvnia by transferring funds abroad between 2013 and 2020, allegedly using banks under his control. Video and photos showed Kolomoisky being led away from the district court in Kyiv.
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