Ukraine Opens Criminal Case Into Poroshenko's Alleged Laundering Of $300Mln - Petitioner

Former deputy head of ex-Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych's administration, lawyer Andriy Portnov, said on Friday that the country's State Bureau of Investigation had launched a criminal case against ex-Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko over alleged laundering of $300 million that the latter had obtained selling the Kuznya na Rybalskomu shipbuilding and armament company

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th May, 2019) Former deputy head of ex-Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych's administration, lawyer Andriy Portnov, said on Friday that the country's State Bureau of Investigation had launched a criminal case against ex-Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko over alleged laundering of $300 million that the latter had obtained selling the Kuznya na Rybalskomu shipbuilding and armament company.

"The State Bureau of Investigation registered a new criminal case today and started investigation into Poroshenko's legalization of $300 million that he had unlawfully obtained through offshore manipulations selling the Kuznya na Rybalskomu plant," Portnov wrote in his Telegram channel.

Portnov added that had filed with the State Bureau of Investigation another case against Poroshenko, claiming that the latter had unlawfully taken hold of Ukrainian Pryamiy broadcaster.

The bureau's press service said on Tuesday that it had opened a criminal case against Poroshenko, based on a complaint filed by Portnov who accused the former head of state of treason. Portnov accused on Monday Poroshenko of committing treason in November, when he sent Ukrainian sailors to the Russia-controlled Kerch Strait not realizing that the servicemen would likely either be captured or killed in the process. According to Portnov, Poroshenko's actions aimed to undermine the country's national security and defense capabilities.