{"id":272921,"date":"2023-09-03T07:02:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T07:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=272921"},"modified":"2023-09-04T07:08:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T07:08:53","slug":"ukrainian-oligarch-and-zelensky-supporter-ihor-kolomoisky-arrested-in-fraud-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=272921","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian oligarch and Zelensky supporter Ihor Kolomoisky arrested in fraud investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olga Voitovych, Josh Pennington, Pauline Lockwood<\/a> and Heather Chen<\/a> \u2013 CNN Sept 3, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Ihor Kolomoisky<\/p><\/div>\n

One of Ukraine\u2019s most powerful oligarchs has been arrested in a fraud investigation, state media in the country are reporting.<\/p>\n

A Kyiv court on Saturday ordered Ihor Kolomoisky, a key supporter of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s 2019 presidential campaign, to 60 days in pre-trial detention while authorities investigate fraud charges against him, reported Ukrinform.<\/p>\n

Kolomoisky\u2019s media and banking businesses have made him one of the richest men in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

However, the US State Department has previously accused him of using his \u201cpolitical influence and power for personal benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The State Department sanctioned Kolomoisky<\/a> in March 2021 for his alleged involvement in \u201ccorrupt acts that undermined rule of law and the Ukrainian public\u2019s faith in their government\u2019s democratic institutions and public processes.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the US State Department has previously accused him of using his \u201cpolitical influence and power for personal benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n

The State Department sanctioned Kolomoisky<\/a> in March 2021 for his alleged involvement in \u201ccorrupt acts that undermined rule of law and the Ukrainian public\u2019s faith in their government\u2019s democratic institutions and public processes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the businessman posts bail, he must fulfill a number of conditions \u2013 not leave the locality where he will be staying, appear for interrogations, and notify the relevant authorities of any change of residence, if any,\u201d the Ukrinform report added.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is also prohibited from communicating with witnesses and other suspects in this criminal proceeding\u2026 and must also surrender his passports for traveling abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kolomoisky is being investigated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) as well as Ukraine\u2019s Bureau of Economic Security under Articles 190 and 209 \u2013 for fraud and laundering of a property criminally obtained.<\/p>\n

Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian billionaire and one of President Zelensky\u2019s main backers during his presidential campaign, Ihor Kolomoisky has been arrested on suspicion of fraud <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=272921"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272924,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272921\/revisions\/272924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=272921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=272921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=272921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}