The High Court of London (Great Britain) issued an order to arrest the assets of former owners of PrivatBank Igor Kolomoysky and Gennady Bogolyubov for more than $ 2.5 billion
“PrivatBank” PJSC has launched a lawsuit in the High Court of London against its former owners and leaders – Igor Kolomoysky and Gennady Bogolyubov.On December 19, the High Court of England issued an order for the worldwide seizure of the assets of the masters Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov, and six companies that they allegedly own or are under their control, “- said in a message on the website of PrivatBank.
The information specifies that the order to arrest the assets was issued on the basis of detailed evidence provided to the court, proving that I. Kolomoysky and G. Bogolyubov withdrew almost $ 2 billion from the bank through a number of illegal operations. As a result of these operations, the funds were transferred to companies that they secretly owned or were under their control.
“Through this process, PrivatBank plans to return the funds, the amount of which together with interest is more than $ 2.5 billion,” it was reported.
“PrivatBank is confident that the English court will fairly and objectively review his claim, and that the bank will succeed and will be able to return the funds that were illegally withdrawn from it,” stressed in PrivatBank.
As reported, former owners and former management of PrivatBank in turn also challenge the actions of the National Bank of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance and PrivatBank itself after its nationalization. According to the NBU, more than 400 such lawsuits have been submitted to Ukrainian and British courts.
